declassified
No longer secret
Declassified describes information, documents, or materials that were once secret but have been officially released for public access.
Governments declassify records after a set period or when secrecy is no longer deemed necessary: The CIA declassified files from the Cold War era.
The opposite is classified.
Set free from confinement
- unveiledRevealed after concealment
- revealedMade visible or known
- exposedOut in open
- unsealedNot closed off
published · freedom of information · transparency · accessible · unrestricted · available · open · redaction
Formal written records
- filesStored data collections
- recordsStored data or albums
- reportsFormal written findings
- dossiersCompiled records on individuals
folders · papers · microfilm · photographs · transcripts · correspondence · primary sources · historical research
Maximum security clearance level
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
FOIA · clearance · agency · national security · espionage · CIA · FBI · NSA
Covert intelligence gathering
- spyCovert information gatherer
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- agentsThose who act for others
- cipherHidden writing system
encryption · covert operations · whistleblower · leaks · sensitive · intelligence · hidden · concealed
released
Set free from confinement
unsealed · published · freedom of information · transparency · accessible · unrestricted · available · open · redaction · partially
documents
Formal written records
dossiers · folders · papers · microfilm · photographs · transcripts · correspondence · primary sources · historical research · archival
top-secret
Maximum security clearance level
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
cables · FOIA · clearance · agency · national security · espionage · CIA · FBI · NSA · Pentagon
espionage
Covert intelligence gathering
cipher · encryption · covert operations · whistleblower · leaks · sensitive · intelligence · hidden · concealed · cover-up
- classifiedtop secret, confidential, restricted, secret, sensitive
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- opennessopen, openness, transparent, transparency, accessible
- security levelsconfidential, restricted, secret, top secret, public
- classificationshierarchical, categorical, taxonomic, ordinal, nominal
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
declassifiedclassified
Restricted from disclosure
secret · top secret · confidential · classified information · classify
- declassified documentsPreviously restricted information made public