Interesting - the meeting today between Comey and the SIC was held in a SCIF

[Native]

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[marybourg]

1. Louise Mensch may know what a SCIF is,

but I don't. I take it it's not the same as a skiff.

[crazylikafox]

2. SCIF

SCIF.

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (pronounced “skiff”), a U.S. Department of Defense term for a secure room.

[renegade000]

3. Secret compartmentilized info facility

Basically, a secure area where info of the highest secrecy rating can be safely handled.

[yodermon]

4. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_Compartmented_Information_Facility

A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF; pronounced "skiff&quot in United States military, national security/national defense and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that is used to process Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) types of classified information.

[cos dem]

5. It's a facility for high level secure briefings

Secure Compartmentalized Information

Facility

[cos dem]

7. The significance is due to the briefing containing highly sensitive info

Enough to warrant the SCIF.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

6. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

Typically a room built or prepped for handling or discussion of classified information.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. It's apparently what they don't bother to use at Mar a Lago. nt

[saidsimplesimon]

8. Thank you Native

SCIF: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

As I understand it, it is only for those with a Classified Security Clearance.

[marybourg]

9. Got it guys, thanx. nt.

[orangecrush]

10. Think...

[Squinch]

11. Not at a table in a country club while people take photos?

[Native]

12. +1

[enid602]

14. dems

Where Dem members of the SIC included in the meeting? I would be afraid if they were not.

[MrScorpio]

15. I spent 7 years in an USAF Intel unit

Trust me, I know my way around a SCIF or two.