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Fulgham's office is a "SCIF" -- a Sensitive Compartmented
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Fulgham's office is a "SCIF" -- a Sensitive Compartmented
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Every one of these buildings has at least one of these rooms, known as a SCIF, for sensitive compartmented information facility.
Top Secret America: The growth of top-secret government since 9/11 William M. Arkin 2010
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A SCIF is a room that has been secured and sealed under very tight regulations, where classified information can be safely discussed, read and handled.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The president went to a special building on his ranch called a SCIF—Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility—where he could be given sensitive briefings in person or by secure video links.
Plan of Attack Bob Woodward 2004
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A SCIF is a room that has been secured and sealed under very tight regulations, where classified information can be safely discussed, read and handled.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The president went to a special building on his ranch called a SCIF—Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility—where he could be given sensitive briefings in person or by secure video links.
Plan of Attack Bob Woodward 2004
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The required drill whenever you entered a room classified as a SCIF, a special compartmentalized information facility.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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The required drill whenever you entered a room classified as a SCIF, a special compartmentalized information facility.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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The required drill whenever you entered a room classified as a SCIF, a special compartmentalized information facility.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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All the classified material she would need to consult could be accessed only in a room on the ninth floor of the courthouse—a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or scif, designed to house classified information.
The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge Condé Nast 2022
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Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (pronounced “skiff”), a U.S. Department of Defense term for a secure room. It can be a secure room or a data center that guards against electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage of sensitive military and security information. SCIFs are used to deny unauthorized personnel, such as foreign intelligence services or corporate spies, the opportunity for undetected entry into facilities for the exploitation of sensitive activities.
What is a SCIF? - SCIF (Skiff) Definition - SCIF Global Technologies 2023
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If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF—most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home—or communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans Jeffrey Goldberg 2025
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