It wasn't his statement, it was mine. I've served in the military, and was trained in the care and feeding of classified material. Were you?
“I’ve served in the military, and was trained in the care and feeding of classified material. Were you?”
Yes, for 30 years with Top Secret TK/SI. Only counter intelligence investigators ever use planted false or real classified information to try and catch a leaker or mole. It is highly risky, managed extremely carefully, and very rare. It is only done when a one or a few people are suspected and they want to narrow down the candidates. It is NEVER done in the absence of an investigation. The idea of creating a series of documents with misspellings in order to flush out non-existent leakers is patently absurd since it would be so complex and hard to manage it would never lead anywhere. Furthermore, this technique would quickly become known to everyone handling the documents that it would become useless. There are far easier ways to protect classified information, including the need to know, and signed bigot lists.
If he was in the military at all . . .
he never got close to classified material
or
his memory and understanding have 100% leaked out about all such facts and realities, obviously.