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• n  a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
• v  arrange or order by classes or categories
• v  declare unavailable, as for security reasons
• v  assign to a class or kind
  How should algae be classified?
• a  arranged into classes
• a  official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation
  thousands of classified documents have now been declassified

• classified ad
• classified advertisement
• classify
• class
• sort
• assort
• sort out
• separate
• relegate

• declassify
• unclassified

News & Articles

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• Classified Hearing on Classified Material
  Washington - The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a classified hearing about two NSA intelligence programs today.
  June 13, 2013 - 13WHAM Rochester
• After Classified Briefing Lawmaker Says NSA Revelations Are Only 'The Tip Of The Iceberg'
  I think it's just broader than most people even realize, and I think that's, in one way, what astounded most of us, too,Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" after a classified briefing with national security officials.
  June 13, 2013 - Business Insider
• NSA whistleblower smuggled classified documents from Hawaii facility
  Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who gave two news organizations information on secret intelligence programs, reportedly used a thumb drive to smuggle classified documents out of the NSA facility where he worked in Wahiawa, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  June 13, 2013 - Hawaii News Now

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in New York Times
  ...memo by Mr. Gates, a former CIA director, also demanded greater adherence to secrecy standards, issuing a stern warning against the release of classified information: "Leaking of classified information is against the law, cannot be...
• Patrick Leahy in Austin American-Statesman
  No American should need a classified briefing to determine whether waterboarding is torture,Mukasey said. "Waterboarding was used at least as long ago as the Spanish Inquisition. We prosecuted Japanese war criminals for waterboarding after...
• President Bush in Forbes
  It's wrong for congressional leaders to make Judge Mukasey's confirmation dependent on his willingess to go on the record about details of a classified program he has not been briefed on,Bush told his audience. "If the Senate Judiciary...