Yea, this is a point to think on. The only thing I can think of is that it exists locally with much less security. But that doesn’t make sense, so they must have some way to decrypt it in order to apply the new password to the blob.

Unfortunately it’s not just defense spending that gets these riders. Most bills do, and it’s awful.

All bills should state a scope, and anything outside of it should be in a different bill. If that means voting on 200+ additional bills, so be it. Or even package those into a ‘cleanup’ bill to take care of any miscellaneous items that don’t fit cleanly elsewhere.