Classifications?

what are the classifications in government for projects such as the levels and such?

Also what are the levels of clearence you can get and what order are they in?

I dont ever hear much about these things and again i am just curious?

For the US, here are the levels, from lowest to highest:

* Unclassified
* Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU)
* Confidential
* Secret
* Top Secret

Also, classified information is given on a need-to-know basis. So just having a top secret clearance doesn't give you the right to view any top secret info.

Some documents have a code word added, to show that the info is related to a specific project. So if MAGIC was added to my clearance I could view documents classified "Top Secret/MAGIC".

Here's NATOs classification system:
* NATO Restricted
* NATO Confidential
* NATO Secret
* COSMIC Top Secret

A US citizen can access NATO documents of the same or lesser classification as their US clearance if they have been given a NATO security briefing.

Hope this helps.



[edit on 7/7/2004 by Rev_Godslapper]

What would be MY classification? I am a government "guinea pig". (Please email me, or send an ATS message.Thanks.)
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Great post Rev_Godslapper with the Nato infomation you often read about US classifications but very little about the rest of the world.

Also I was wondering what are the different classifications people have to get like what are the different access classifications people aquire to gain access to different facilities or different levels??

A rather simple search reveals a rather excellent thread from the past.

www.abovetopsecret.com...