This game has immaculate vibes. Similarly, I didn't fully understand how to play. The "requested" clearance level seems to not matter, but it made it more confusing. What information needs to be redacted doesn't make sense to me either. If the colors denote how classified things are, shouldn't people with the topmost security level be able to know anything? I also thought the colors of the keywords were important, but now I'm not sure.
I played through the game a few times to try and understand and I did a lot better when going off what I actually thought should be redacted based on the content of the messages rather than trying to match the colors.
Some still really confuse me though, like how YEOMAN doesn't have clearance to know the subject met a guard. Nothing stands out to me that makes that different from the other things they're allowed to know. Similarly, VENUS seems to be able to know about "the well" but a line related to the well should be redacted.
The idea is really cool and I actually enjoyed the game a lot more when it was just related to the wordings of the questions and trying to see what makes sense to react based on wording (anomalous vs standard, etc.) and the remarks section.
Overall a really neat game with a neat idea. The 1988 footage was a really nice touch!