A fundamental rule of classified information is that disclosure of said information does not cause declassification. You aim to make it unclear whether there is any truth in the leaked documents to cast doubt on the information.
Imagine if these were nuclear secrets. You would prefer it to be unclear so that replicating groups would not feel confident jumping into a nuclear project.
Obviously since we are talking about something that may violate Amendment 4, things ought to be a bit different. Probably not from a declassification standpoint, but rather from a legislate-this-out-of-existence standpoint.
Imagine if these were nuclear secrets. You would prefer it to be unclear so that replicating groups would not feel confident jumping into a nuclear project.
Obviously since we are talking about something that may violate Amendment 4, things ought to be a bit different. Probably not from a declassification standpoint, but rather from a legislate-this-out-of-existence standpoint.