Big Boss emailed me a bit ago because I was asking him about a meeting coming out of a trip he took the other day and whether he'd be able to attend it. His response:
As long as it isn't in a skiff.
So i'm thinking, "Uh... I thought you were moving to your new house, not out on a boat somewhere" and responded, "I think there’s a joke about needing a life jacket for this meeting in there!" hardy-har-har, me so clever & funny.
He responds, "No, it's an actual thing - a room specially designed for classified communications"
SCIF:
Sensitive
Compartmented
Information
Facility
(pronounced “skiff”), a
U.S. Department of Defense term for a
secure room. It can be a secure room or data center that guards against electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage of sensitive security and military information. SCIFs are used to deny unauthorized personnel, such as foreign intelligence services or corporate spies, the opportunity for undetected entry into facilities for the exploitation of sensitive activities.