NYPD’s secret vault finally approved to curb terrorism
It took nearly six years, but the New York Police Department finally has received FBI approval to install a special vault for storing secret information related to terrorist threats to the city, according to a published report.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly requested the vault, known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF, in the spring of 2002, the Washington Post reported Saturday. After questions from the Post, the FBI said it decided to approve the vault this year.
A SCIF is a secure room or group of rooms where sensitive information may be stored, discussed and processed. NYPD spokesman Sgt. Kevin Hayes would neither confirm nor deny details of the Post story. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko did not respond to written questions but said that the FBI’s role was to certify that SCIF facilities are secure.