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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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From: Doug R7/21/2005 9:25:37 PM
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WSJ reporter says the memo was not only marked "S" for secret, it was also stamped Top Secret and had a marking that told the reader that the information in the memo was not even to be shared with friendly foreign governments.

WSJ story runs tomorrow.

The WSJ has already been talking about the 'S' (secret)classification on the memo where Valerie Plame was concerned.

Apparently, however, the marking was 'TS' for 'Top Secret' and one passage in particular with Plame's name carried the additional classification that it was not to be shared with foreign intelligence officers.

Classification levels of information are as follows, from lowest classification to highest:

Confidential

The lowest classification level. It is defined as information which would "damage" national security if disclosed.

Secret

The second highest classification. Information is classified secret when its release would cause "serious damage" to national security. Most information that is "classified" is held at the secret sensitivity.

Top secret

This is the highest security level, and is defined as information which would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if disclosed to the public. Despite public mystique, relatively little information is classified at "Top Secret" (when compared to the other levels of classification). Only that which is exceptionally sensitive (weapon design, presidential security information, nuclear-related projects, various intelligence information) is classified at the Top Secret level.
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