TNet

TNet is a secure top-secret-level intranet system in the White House, notably used to record information about telephone and video calls between the President of the United States and other world leaders.^[1][2] TNet is connected to Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), which is used more widely across different offices in the White House. Contained within TNet is an even more secure system known as NSC Intelligence Collaboration Environment (NICE).^[3]

NSC Intelligence Collaboration Environment

The NSC Intelligence Collaboration Environment (NICE) is a computer system operated by the United States National Security Council's Directorate for Intelligence Programs. A subdomain of TNet, it was created to enable staff to produce and store documents, such as presidential findings or decision memos, on top secret codeword activities. Due to the extreme sensitivity of the material held on it, only about 20 percent of NSC staff can reportedly access the system. The documents held on the system are tightly controlled and only specific named staff are able to access files.^[4]

The system became the subject of controversy during the Trump–Ukraine scandal, when a whistleblower complaint to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community revealed that NICE had been used to store transcripts of calls between President Donald Trump, and foreign leaders, apparently to restrict access to them.^[5] The system was reportedly used for this purpose from 2017 after leaks of conversations with foreign leaders. It was said to have been upgraded in the spring of 2018 to log, who had accessed particular files, as a deterrent against possible leaks.^[6]

See also

• Classified website
• Intellipedia
• Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)
• NIPRNet
• RIPR
• SIPRNet

References

1. Savage, Charlie; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (1 October 2019). "The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. "Overclassifying information is the same as hiding it, and Trump buried his Ukraine call deep". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
3. Savage, Charlie; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (2019-10-01). "The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
4. Savage, Charlie; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (1 October 2019). "The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "White House Classified Computer System Is Used to Hold Transcripts of Sensitive Calls". The New York Times. September 27, 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
6. Lippman, Daniel; Bertrand, Natasha (1 October 2019). "White House ordered ultrasecret system upgraded to prevent leaks". Politico. Retrieved 1 October 2019.