“grueling Pentagon-wide review” = An email was sent out to a couple bureaucrats.
“formally declassified an image” = Some bureaucrats checked it off a ‘TO-DO’ list.
“Some bureaucrats checked it off a ‘TO-DO’ list.”
Very few of them. They don’t have the clearance, the need to know, and/or it is not part of their job description. Most of the people at the Pentagon most likely never heard of any of it. And they didn’t really want to. If the less you know and the less you are expected to know match up, there’ll be a retirement in 20 years. So looking for it is very foolhardy.
God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards
Proverbs 20:3
But also,
Our Constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
Will Rogers
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