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Why do they declassify them at all? It would be much easier if they just kept them classified.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout
This is correct. By exposing some but not all of the picture, they get to manage the story, and steer it in acceptable directions.
If its a full leak that's out of their control, then heads start rolling.
Yup, and another side of it is that having these disclosures lets defenders of the system say that there is transparency, and and that's why, despite the flaw, the system really does work overall. Sure, all these terrible things happen, but there is accountability, and disclosure, so really it's all fine.
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