defense secrets
Protected military information
Defense secrets are classified information about a nation's military capabilities, strategies, weapons systems, or intelligence operations.
The term typically appears in legal and espionage contexts: He was convicted of selling defense secrets to a foreign power.
Unauthorized disclosure of defense secrets constitutes a serious crime in most countries.
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- classified informationSensitive, access-restricted material
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- double agentSpy betraying their side
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
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- classified intelclassified, classified documents, confidential, eyes only, need to know
- intelligencesmart, IQ, memory, bright, clever
- treasontreason, high treason, sedition, turncoat, state betrayal
defense secretspublic knowledge
Facts anyone can access
common knowledge · public record · public records · public disclosure · freedom of information
defense secretsdeclassified documents
Previously restricted information made public
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