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If I were in charge of a publicly traded company I most definitely wouldn't want a scandal like that lurking beneath the surface. It would absolutely leak.

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The existence of classified programs that remain classified and unknown for years is evidence against this oft-used argument.

The only reason you know of the existence of these programs is because they leaked...

Which would almost certainly imply there exist programs that have never leaked...

ie, datasets that are maintained and properly encrypted in a 'CEUE' (Create Encrypt, Update, Encrypt) app.

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