They now practice redacting all words nearby names of people to prevent one from guessing character length.
For example, if a document said:
"Hillary Clinton 's campaign manager John Podesta directed Clinton's lawyer to pay Percins Coie for Christopher Steele fabricating Russian collusion."
What would have once become "blank blank directed blank blank for blank fabricating Russian collusion," where somebody can infer what the sentence means without releasing identities under investigation.
Now they just say blank blank blank blank blank blank blank.
they say, to help anonymize the document to prevent anyone from guessing names while totally losing its meaning.
It's all just a game.
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