TNet is a secure
top-secret-level intranet
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders. The term is used in c ...
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. 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).
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.
The system became the subject of controversy during the
Trump–Ukraine scandal, when a whistleblower complaint to the
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
The Inspector General Act of 1978 is a United
States federal law that created Inspectors General for federal agencies and provides broad authorities for overseeing programs, promoting efficiencies, and detecting fraud, waste, and mismanagement ...
revealed that NICE had been used to store transcripts of calls between President
Donald Trump and foreign leaders, apparently to restrict access to them. 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.
See also
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Classified website
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Intellipedia
Intellipedia is an online system for collaborative data sharing used by the United States Intelligence Community (IC). It was established as a pilot project in late 2005 and formally announced in April 2006. Intellipedia consists of three wi ...
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Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)
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NIPRNet
The Non-classified Internet Protocol (IP) Router Network (NIPRNet) is an IP network used to exchange unclassified information, including information subject to controls on distribution, among the private network's users. The NIPRNet also provide ...
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RIPR
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SIPRNet
References
Computer systems
United States National Security Council
Wide area networks
United States government secrecy
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