closed sessions
Not open gatherings
Closed sessions are meetings from which the general public and press are excluded.
Legislatures, courts, and committees hold closed sessions to discuss sensitive matters—national security, personnel issues, or confidential testimony: The Senate went into closed session to review classified intelligence.
The opposite is an open or public session.
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- secretConcealed information
- meetingGathering for discussion
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- city councilcouncillors, councillor, council meetings, council chambers, mayor
- congressional hearingscommittee, confirmation hearings, subcommittee, legislative hearings, witnesses
- hearingscongressional hearing, congressional hearings, committee hearing, confirmation hearing, public hearings
- intelligence oversightCIA, FBI, NSA, DNI, intelligence agencies
- Senatesenate seat, Senate floor, senior senator, Senate chamber, confirmation hearings
- Congressional Documentscommittee reports, congressional inquiries, minority reports, investigative reports, committee findings
closed sessionspublic hearings
Official meetings open to all
open hearings · open meetings · public meetings · town halls · open court
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