Seems your cleanup crews weren’t quite as thorough as you’d like, and your little corporate war isn’t quite as secret as you’d hoped.
-- The Illuminae Group (Memorandum for Executive Director Frobisher)

Importance: While this quote seems like a minor jab at the Director’s attempts to hide the truth, it actually hints to the reader the true feelings of The Illuminae Group. This is extremely important because it establishes the group as potential antagonists to the Director, despite being the ones to give her the documents in the first place. The sarcastic use of ‘little corporate war’ is later tied into the way the group mocks the Director for wanting profanity censored in documents about the deaths of thousands. Clearly, they are not supportive of the Director’s decision, leaving the reader to wonder if the group is truly revealing these secrets for money or planning something more.

I appreciate that they’re trying to...
-- Kady (Kady’s Private Journal)