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need-to-know|ˌniːdtəˈnəʊ|
[need v.2 8.]
Used, freq. attrib., to denote a principle or practice, esp. in counter-espionage, whereby people are kept ignorant of things which they do not need to know.
1954Amer. Documentation V. 120 In most security controlled report systems, the dissemination of information is regulated by ‘need-to-know’ or ‘compartmentalization’ principles. 1956W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 342/2 Need-to-know, n. A criterion used in security procedures that requires a person requesting classified information to establish his need to know such information in terms of his mission. 1966J. Bingham Double Agent ix. 137 Mr. Ryan had then hastily told him to keep that to himself. Nothing further had been said. Mr. List had been naturally dismayed at this gross breach of the need-to-know principle. 1969A. Marin Rise with Wind i. 7 You will notice that there are some gaps in the Clay material. Part of the information is..strictly on a ‘need to know’ basis. 1970K. Benton Sole Agent xviii. 193 There is the rule about need-to-know. They won't need to know the details of your contacts with MI5. 1971D. Bagley Freedom Trap vi. 127 They worked on the ‘need to know’ principle, and an escapee didn't need to know how he escaped—just that he had done so. 1975Observer 12 Jan. 1/1 The CIA has instructed the companies to limit all knowledge of the exercise to the spymaster's traditional ‘need-to-know’ criterion. 1975N. Luard Robespierre Serial iv. 27 There was no need for Carswell to be filled in on all the ramifications... On the strict need-to-know basis they simply didn't concern him. |