(DoD) To determine that certain classified information requires, in the interests of national defense, a higher or a lower degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure than currently provided, coupled with a changing of the classification designation to reflect such higher or lower degree.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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