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I think it's more of "The information you requested, were it to exist, would be highly classified (due to its type), and therefore we can neither confirm nor deny its existence."

I'm pretty sure that actually means that even the knowledge of existence is classified, as per the "details about them remain classified and/or protected from release..."

Read as "We cannot confirm or deny the thing you requested exists because if it exists/existed it would be classified, and that includes your request of whether it exists."

I read it this way: "we are asserting our 5th amendment right to neither confirm or deny we violated your 4th and 5th amendment rights so you can't sue us and have some uppity judge make us follow the law."