Someone asked the government for a sensitive report. The government replied that it had such a report, but while it would admit the existence, it felt the mater

Someone asked the government for a sensitive report. The government replied that it had such a report, but while it would admit the existence, it felt the material contained in it was necessary to keep secret. This gives the original requester a chance to address this and ask why the report is being kept secret and for a review of that, which is different than if the government had simply denied such a report existed. This actually sounds like freedom of information happening, but it's reasonable to expect that kind of thing takes time and requires some back-and-forth to discuss what's the proper amount to keep secret or not. So I'm curious what your actual objection is.