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Information, that's a real one. supra sensitive don't tell anyone or i'll kill you information, that's not a reel one, but if i ever write a spy novel, it will definitely be in there. the idea of code word information is a term of art that turns up in this "washington post" bombshell tonight on president trump reportedly revealing highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador when they popped up in the oval office last week the day after president trump fired the fbi director. one u.s. official telling "the washington post," quote, this is code word i...

On this story start? >> you know, not that much long after because the meeting wasn't that long ago. but we've been working on it for the last several days. >> what is code word information? a u.s. official familiar with the matter saying this is code word information. that's supposed to indicate to us this is very highly protected information, for us laymen trying to figure out this out, can you explain that? >> that's right. very highly protected information they don't distribute to allies that is even restricted within the u.s. government. this intelligence came from an ally, and that made ...

Disadvantage of the country, if people keep demanding more and more material come out publicly. this is not a good thing. >> well, it involves something called code word information. help us put all of this into context and tell us what that is and, as a result, how seriously this could potentially be. >> most information that is particularly sensitive has a code word attached to it, as in a special compartment. and it is known by that code word. it's also essentially an informal way of saying material that has to be handled more than carefully than ordinary top secret. it has its own special ...

Ranks in any way, when will they make their feelings known to the white house that they want some order restored here? you saw paul ryan's statement earlier today, don, it was not one where he was linking arms with the president. it was one that said, this is serious stuff and we need to get the facts of what went on here. >> david sanger, i want to ask you about the "washington post" sources saying that this is code word information, code word information that trump revealed, more information to the russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies. code word information. explain tha...

When an official says this is code word information that was given to russia, stuff we wouldn't even give to our allies, can you explain o us in lay -- layman's terms exactly what that means? >> sure. there are levels of classification that determine the type of classified information that's there. it starts with confidential information abbreviated with a "c" which hillary clinton had trouble with her e-mails meaning classified. then there's secret, or "s," or "ts" or top secret, and that is the highest level of classification. beyond classification gets to code word information which means e...