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An unclassified summary is owed where material stays secret

To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

An unclassified summary is owed where material stays secret

The document says “shallWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“the Attorney General shall release an unclassified summary for each of the redacted or withheld classified information”

To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subsection (c). Where the Attorney General determines that covered information may not be declassified and made available in a manner that protects the national security of the United States, including methods or sources related to national security, it requires the release of an unclassified summary for each item of classified information redacted or withheld.

What the document actually says

“the Attorney General shall release an unclassified summary for each of the redacted or withheld classified information”

To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

A short open write-up must come out instead. There must be one for each secret file held back.

What this is about

Sometimes a file must stay secret to keep the country safe. A summary says what the file is about. It leaves the secret parts out. So the public learns something even so.

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