Re: "S1" encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) (fwd)
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On a fair number of occassions I have been told that federal type folks have made statements to the effect that there is no such thing as a "TOP SECRET" classification of US government docs. Since really secret things tend to get neither confirmed nor denied, I am inclined to believe this. Thus SECRET is the top classification in today's government/military. If anybody knows otherwise I would be interested in the information.
JWS
In high school I was in JROTC and was put in charge of security for our batallion. I read the army's guides to physical security. These books were dated early 80's and late 70's, so the situation might have changed, but I doubt it. They denoted three information security clearance levels. CLASSIFIED, SECRET, and TOP SECRET. If TOP SECRET doesn't exist now, it definately did just a few years ago. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-= Tom Cross AKA The White Ninja / Decius 6i5 */^\* -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=- TWN615@mindvox.phantom.com GT7508B@prism.gatech.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-= =- "Government is not a reason, not an eloquence; it is a force. Like fire, =- -=- it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington -=-=
PHrEaK! wrote:
Forwarded message:
On a fair number of occassions I have been told that federal type folks have made statements to the effect that there is no such thing as a "TOP SECRET" classification of US government docs. Since really secret things tend to get neither confirmed nor denied, I am inclined to believe this. Thus SECRET is the top classification in today's government/military. If anybody knows otherwise I would be interested in the information.
JWS
In high school I was in JROTC and was put in charge of security for our batallion. I read the army's guides to physical security. These books were dated early 80's and late 70's, so the situation might have changed, but I doubt it. They denoted three information security clearance levels. CLASSIFIED, SECRET, and TOP SECRET. If TOP SECRET doesn't exist now, it definately did just a few years ago. _ Actually there is one other For Official Use Only (FOUO), not as bad a
penelty if these docs get out. -- So you may wonder -- "But what does that have to do with me?" Answer: I have locked horns with "The Devil", buddy boy, and compared to him, you ain't sh**. Brian Francis Redman to Chip Berlet
On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, James Caldwell wrote:
PHrEaK! wrote:
In high school I was in JROTC and was put in charge of security for our batallion. I read the army's guides to physical security. These books were dated early 80's and late 70's, so the situation might have changed, but I doubt it. They denoted three information security clearance levels. CLASSIFIED, SECRET, and TOP SECRET. If TOP SECRET doesn't exist now, it definately did just a few years ago.
_ Actually there is one other For Official Use Only (FOUO), not as bad a penelty if these docs get out.
I was in the USAF 1987-1990, Tenn ANG 1990-1. Documents are classified to five levels: EEFI: Essential Elements of Friendly Information-- pieced together, documents containing EEFIs may compromise classified info. Usually, documents containing EEFIs are classified FOUO, but it is not required. FUOU: Usually not considered damaging by themselves. FUOU documents are not considered classified, per se. CONFIDENTIAL: SECRET: TOP SECRET: These three differ in a matter of degrees. Secret/Top Secret information may cost lives, or millions of $. All TOP SECRET information is automatically given an SCI (Special Compartmentalized Information) Category, and placed on a NTK (Need To Know) only access. Many of the SCI abbreviations are themselves classified TS. (The only one I know is "Q"--Nuclear.) Each time clearance is extended to a new SCI, a new security background check must be made. If you have clearance Q, and you want to see the plans for the MX, you had better be able to demonstrate NTK (usually from orders). And no--there is no way under the sun that TS is going to be removed any time soon. Nathan
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