The hope is that by removing the confidential category, fewer things would be classified.
It is possible, however, that if the confidential level were phased out, some agencies would simply classify more information at the higher secret level.
https://freedom.press/news/new-bipartisan-senate-bill-seeks-to-reduce-overclassification/
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