classified briefing
Confidential intelligence session
A classified briefing is a presentation of sensitive government or military information to individuals with appropriate security clearance.
Such briefings cover intelligence, operations, or policy matters not available to the public: The senator attended a classified briefing on the cyberattack.
The classified designation means the content is legally restricted and its unauthorized disclosure carries penalties.
- secretConcealed information
- top secretHighest classification level
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
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Organized media Q&A
public announcement · public disclosure · press release · news conference · media briefing
classified briefingcasual conversation
Informal spoken exchange
water cooler talk · gossip · rumor · pillow talk · loose talk
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