
#5 above is confirmation of the circuitous route employed to deceive the FISC.

Q2776 - Barr questioning Mueller "Why is everything kept confidential and under inappropriate classification?
Q2501 - Referencing Executive Order 13526
(a) In no case shall information be classified, continue to be maintained
as classified, or fail to be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
(3) restrain competition; or
(4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection
in the interest of the national security. Things that make you go hmmm.