It does not compute. If he could successfully alter the documents, there'd be no need to hide them. If he could successfully hide them, there'd be no need to alter them. But if he could alter them there'd be no need to hide them, yetiftheycouldbehiddenthere'dbenoneedforalteration,butalterationwouldprecludetheneedtohidealtereddocumennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn--
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You would hide a document when you wish to hide the information in it. You would alter a document when you wish to deny the information in it or to put forth disinformation. I didn't write the order, president Bush did, he wants to hide documents sometimes and he wants to alter documents sometimes. He also wants this practice institutionalized so that future presidents can benefit from it.