Classified material must be declassified as far as possible
What the document says“To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.”
Paragraph (3) of subsection (c). Where covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified under section 2, it requires the Attorney General to declassify that information to the maximum extent possible.
What the document actually says“To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.”
Some files are kept secret. The law says to open them up as far as can be done.
A secret file can be opened up. That step is called declassifying. It comes before a file may be held back as secret.
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