Acoustic sealant, motion sensors: Here's how SCIFs are built to protect highly classified information.
The idea of a SCIF is nothing new, said Andrew Hammond, the historian and curator at the International Spy Museum. Societies have always wanted to protect their own secrets — and have attempted to steal guarded information from their rivals.
Since then, Hammond said protocols to protect American secrets have become more standardized and widespread, with big changes and advancements typically emerging after wars. It took seven years to detect the bug. After that, according to Hammond, officials determined they needed protected spaces to discuss secretive national security issues.
McCord transported sensitive materials home in a special locked bag. At home, she had a government-installed safe behind a deadbolt. But still, she could only take certain classified documents home — nothing past the secret level — and had to complete some tasks in the more protected SCIF at the Justice Department’s headquarters.
President Barack Obama is briefed on the situation in Libya during a secure conference call inside a tent in Brazil in 2011. The tent acted as mobile SCIF, designed to allow officials to have top secret discussions while on the move. President Donald Trump receives a briefing on a military strike on Syria in a secured location at his Mar-a-Lago residence in 2017. President Barack Obama is briefed on the situation in Libya during a secure conference call inside a tent in Brazil in 2011.
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