In general, the higher level of classification means that fewer officials have access to it.
Most of the incident reports are marked "secret," a relatively low level of classification.
Most of the classified emails have been labeled as "confidential," the lowest level of classification.
"Secret compartmented intelligence," says Powers, "is a level of classification for a class of intelligence that's above top secret.
Also, the list of lowest level of classification corresponding to the taxa identified at the genera level is provided in Supplementary Table S3.
An additional 22 emails were withheld from public release entirely because they were deemed "top secret," the most sensitive level of classification.
He said the agency would try to make sure that the intelligence was given "the lowest permissible level of classification" so it could be widely shared within the new department and, in some cases, with state and local officials.
"Eight of those chains contained information that was top secret at the time they were sent; thirty-six containedntained secret information at the time; and eight contained confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification," Comey said.
Some of the "reasons" were just things that mark us out as a species, without implying that we're anything other than a hominoid at a broader level of classification.
Eight of those chains contained information that was top secret at the time, 36 chains contained secret information at the time, and eight contained confidential information, the lowest level of classification, he said.
Mr. Weldon said the briefing he attended was at the "code word level" of classification, and he said he was so alarmed that he drafted an amendment to the 2003 defense authorization bill.
