It's not a hypothetical; it's a thing that actually happens[1]. You seem to be confusing the notion of classification with the question of whether something is

It's not a hypothetical; it's a thing that actually happens[1]. You seem to be confusing the notion of classification with the question of whether something is easily available. The Snowden and Manning leaks, for example, did not become unclassified simply because they became public. [1] http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/05/translator_in_eye_of_storm_on_retroactive_classification/?page=full http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/05/transl...