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No Eyes

I've seen references in the media and on websites to something called "No Eyes" - a document that is created or during or in preparation for a top secret meeting, but then destroyed at the end of the meeting. The name "no eyes" obviously comes from the fact that the participants of that meeting can say "nobody has seen it and it does not exist" in order to provide the highest level of deniability, even to those within an organisation's own ranks. Can anyone verify the existance of such a priniple, or is it one of those things that is rumoured but cannot be cited as it itself does not officially exist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.89.251 (talk) 21:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

What's the point of "No Eyes"? Does that mean that the information can only be delivered verbally? Perhaps you're confusing it with "Eyes Only", meaning it may be read by the recipient, but no notes or copies may be made.—Quicksilver^{T @} 18:47, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

TV series 'Spooks' S04E10 contains such a document — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.62.85 (talk) 18:45, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I would imagine that the point is to follow legal process (e.g. getting a FISA warrant or similar) on a highly sensitive operation, but due to that sensitivity the warrant document (or whatever type of document it is) cannot be archived, and is destroyed after the meeting ends or when the operation is complete. 81.144.191.22 (talk) 16:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Confusing statement

If anyone can figure out what 193.158.84.4 meant in his edit of 2011 March 24‎ 23:37, please restore the following paragraph to the International section.

In cases where a country wishes to share classified information bilaterally (or multilaterally) with a country that has a sharing agreement, the information is with the countries it can be shared with. Those countries would have to maintain the classification of the document at the level originally classified (TOP-SECRET, SECRET, etc.) with the appropriate caveat (USNZ, AUSGE, CANUK, etc.).

It is unclear what is meant by "...the information is with the countries it can be shared with."

Thanks,

WesT (talk) 22:58, 23 April 2014 (UTC)