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'''Leo McGarry''': Well I can't tell you that, Joe; it was classified. But I can tell you it was classified by the defense department.|''[[The West Wing]]'', "Life On Mars"}}

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'': this is Mikuru's [[Catch Phrase]] (''kinsoku jikou'', in Japanese).

** Mikuru is an interesting variant; the reason she says "classified information" is because of an information censor that was placed inside her that is always monitoring her speech to make sure she doesn't spill any futuristic time-breaking [[Info Dump|Info Dumps]]. She's surprised that when the restriction is lowered she can speak normally about things she couldn't say before.

** Later referenced in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' by Patricia Martin.

== Literature ==

* Percy's reasoning for not telling Ron, Harry and the others about the Triwizard Tournament's coming to Hogwarts in ''[[Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire]]''

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

* Spoofed on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'':

'''Officer Don''': That's also classified. }}

* ''[[Friends]]'': in the episode with Charlie Sheen as Phoebe's navy boyfriend, he fields any questions about submarines with, "I really can't say." Even innocuous ones like, "Do you get to look through a periscope?"

*** And those compartmentalized systems often require an additional Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance in addition to a TS.

** This is spoofed (along with everything else) in ''200''

Dr. Jackson: Oh yeah, we can tell you. }}

 

* The ''[[SCP Foundation]]'' does this with [REDACTED] and [DATA EXPUNGED], making a situation report read like a list of [[Noodle Incident|Noodle Incidents]].

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'': CT really doesn't want to share his information. It classified.

'''CT''': I can't tell you... which is convenient, because I don't want to tell you. }}

 

* ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'':

** "Operation: Plush and Cover":

'''Skipper:''' Classified. Just hope you never live to see one, sister. }}

** "Otter Gone Wild", after a cage is produced from [[Hammerspace]]:

'''Kowalski:''' Sorry, that information is classified. }}

** Between Agent X and Alice:

'''X''': Mother never told me [[No Name Given|my real name]]. Said it was classified. }}

* ''[[Bolt]]'':

'''Bolt''': That information is classified. }}