7 Key Pieces of Information about Trump Documents in Photo: CNN

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/mar-a-lago-trump-photo-annotations-dg/index.html

CNN)Included in the government's latest court filing — in its effort to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials — is a single, tantalizing photograph showing an array of documents found on the property of the former president's Florida resort.

Taken by the FBI, the photograph shows several documents labeled with so-called "classification markings." These government codes are designed to indicate the sensitivity of the information they refer to — and the rules for how it is meant to be handled.
Although the contents of the more than 100 classified documents that were recovered from Mar-a-Lago remain unknown, the government markings on this handful of pages offer intriguing clues about the sensitivity and provenance of the information they contain.

CNN breaks down what we can learn from the markings in the photograph.
1. Time magazine covers. These are not classified, but they were apparently placed among classified documents. While
Trump would have been allowed to store magazine covers in a secure government facility, he is prohibited from
keeping classified information in an unsecured storage room
Cover sheet for information classified SECRET/SCI, or sensitive compartmented information. Cover sheets serve two
purposes: To allow the handler of the information to know what level of classification they are dealing with and to
shield the contents of the classified material from someone without a “need to know.” The cover sheet
itself is not classified.

2. Cover sheets like the ones found at Mar-a-Lago can also include markings that indicate special handling procedures,
called “controls,” that can hint at the kind of information that might be inside. (See 6 and 7). However, since cover
sheets are standardized documents that only list the highest possible classification level of the accompanying
material, it’s impossible to conclude exactly what kinds of documents are inside based on the cover sheet alone. Documents marked SECRET with the controls of ORCON and NOFORN. ORCON stands for “originator controlled” and
it means that the agency that owns the information must approve its release or dissemination. NOFORN indicates that
the information cannot be released to foreign nationals without approval. Both of these are fairly common markings.

This TS cover sheet has HCS-P/SI/TK control markings. Here’s what that means:
HCS-P stands for “HUMINT control system product,” and it indicates that the information was derived from
clandestine human sources. But there are some protections: Most finished intelligence that contains HCS-P
information generally doesn’t disclose the identity of the specific source but provides a general statement about the
source’s reliability and access, according to one government source who routinely accesses classified documents.
SI stands for Special Intelligence, and suggests that the information was derived from what is called “signals
intelligence” — things like intercepted foreign phone calls and emails, for exampl

3. The “SECRET” designation means that if the information were inappropriately disclosed, it could cause “serious
damage” to national security, according to the government’s definition.
t for information classified SECRET/SCI, or sensitive compartmented information. Cover sheets serve two
purposes: To allow the handler of the information to know what level of classification they are dealing with and to
shield the contents of the classified material from someone without a “need to know.” The cover sheet
itself is not classified.
. Cover sheets like the ones found at Mar-a-Lago can also include markings that indicate special handling procedures,
called “controls,” that can hint at the kind of information that might be inside. (See 6 and 7). However, since cover
sheets are standardized documents that only list the highest possible classification level of the accompanying
material, it’s impossible to conclude exactly what kinds of documents are inside based on the cover sheet alone.
The “SCI” appendix means that the information is “compartmented,” or limited to only a select group of officials who
are cleared to see it. It might refer to a Document marked SECRET with the controls of ORCON and NOFORN. ORCON stands for “originator controlled” and it means that the agency that owns the information must approve its release or dissemination. NOFORN indicates that the information cannot be released to foreign nationals without approval. Both of these are fairly common markings.

This TS cover sheet has HCS-P/SI/TK control markings. Here’s what that means:
HCS-P stands for “HUMINT control system product,” and it indicates that the information was derived from
clandestine human sources. But there are some protections: Most finished intelligence that contains HCS-P
information generally doesn’t disclose the identity of the specific source but provides a general statement about the
source’s reliability and access, according to one government source who routinely accesses classified documents.


4. White House document marked “Confidential.” This is the lowest level of classification, but CONFIDENTIAL level
information can still cause “damage” to national security if it is inappropriately disclosed, according to the
government’s definition.

5 Documents marked SECRET with the controls of ORCON and NOFORN. ORCON stands for “originator controlled” and
it means that the agency that owns the information must approve its release or dissemination. NOFORN indicates that
the information cannot be released to foreign nationals without approval. Both of these are fairly common markings.


6 This TS cover sheet has HCS-P/SI/TK control markings. Here’s what that means:
HCS-P stands for “HUMINT control system product,” and it indicates that the information was derived from clandestine human sources. But there are some protections: Most finished intelligence that contains HCS-P
information generally doesn’t disclose the identity of the specific source but provides a general statement about the
source’s reliability and access, according to one government source who routinely accesses classified documents.

7. SI stands for Special Intelligence, and suggests that the information was derived from what is called “signals
intelligence” — things like intercepted foreign phone calls and emails, his TS cover sheet has HCS-P/SI/TK control markings. Here’s what that means: HCS-P stands for “HUMINT control system product,” and it indicates that the information was derived from
clandestine human sources. But there are some protections: Most finished intelligence that contains HCS-P
information generally doesn’t disclose the identity of the specific source but provides a general statement about the
source’s reliability and access, according to one government source who routinely accesses classified documents.
TK stands for Talent Keyhole, which is a highly classified government satellite program.


I also have to apologize for not getting it together all at once, but it was too much to copy and paste for me...Sorry

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1. so-called "classification markings."

Is this the way CNN reports news these days? CNN a so-called "news organization".