This doc is fascinating: pre-NSA justification for peacetime wiretapping & cryptanalysis explicitly invoked atomic bomb as a justification.pic.twitter.com/8St5iAaPIu
"Top Secret" as a category was created during WWII. On this doc, they apparently had a big SECRET stamp and then an extra TOP to go with it.pic.twitter.com/gEyc731zAI
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We used MOST SECRET in the UK prior to WW2, when it was renamed for consistency.
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I always thought that MOST SECRET sounded particularly British, somehow quaint and charming. "Oh yes, sir, it is a *most* secret matter..."
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As opposed to Bottom Secret. Or Secret Bottom. Or Foggy Bottom Secret :)
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Fun fact: there were 4 levels of classification in the U.S. from WWII until about 1949, when we went back to 3 by abolishing "Restricted."
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