Justice Department Seeks Interns with Expert Redaction Skills
Perfect candidates can blackout anything except the important stuff

'It's about knowing which parts to leave unredacted.'
In a bold and innovative maneuver, the Justice Department has announced a groundbreaking initiative aimed at recruiting interns with a singular skill set: mastery in the fine art of redaction, particularly for handling sensitive photos involving high-profile individuals and their involuntary companions.
The department, known for its stalwart dedication to transparency and occasional lapses in confidentiality, inadvertently shared over a dozen images that required redaction, according to sources familiar with the situation. Among them were pictures of a young girl kissing Jeffrey Epstein, a scene that many had hoped would only exist in the archives of very, very securely locked safes.
Acknowledging the predicament with an admirable level of candor, a spokesperson declared, "We've realized that redaction is more than simply blacking out sensitive areas. It's about knowing which parts to leave unredacted, like identification numbers and personal data. Only then can we achieve true bureaucratic ambivalence."
Potential candidates are believed to have one common eligibility criterion: a knack for turning transparency into a whimsical game of "Guess Who," albeit one where the stakes include the reputations of unsuspecting public figures and possibly national security.
One enthusiast quipped, "With interns like these, who needs privacy specialists?"
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