True, but normies do lurk, and likely didn't.

I didn't know this...makes a ton of sense.

But is she even alive to protect?

And, unless the cover markings had an exculsionary caveat ("Except Cover Page"), to photograph material with classified markings is a violation of the laws governing handling of classified material. I have long insisted that the FBI was in violation of how to handle actual classified material, including the absence of custody receipts. Their absence would be consistent with the material being declassified.