To the FR community. The meaning of the classifying designation mentioned in this news story is itself classified.
If true this is very bad, .... very bad. I cannot elaborate.
But this is very bad and harmful to the national interest.
To translate the abbreviations above:
TS - Top Secret
SI - Special Intelligence is the control system covering communications intelligence.
TK - Talent Keyhole means the source is overhead or space based collection systems, either IMINT (Imagery intelligence), SIGINT (Signals intelligence), and/or MASINT (Measurement and signature intelligence) collection platforms; related processing and analysis techniques; and research, design, and operation of these platforms.
NOFORN (NF) - No Foreign (US citizens only)(This may sometimes have a notation Releasable to NATO, UK, or other countries who may have worked with us to generate the intelligence.)
If there were any additional Code Words listed, such as McGuffin, the meaning of McGuffin could be classified separately at any level from Confidential to Top Secret. There are a handful of Code Words that have been declassified, such as TK above.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)