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What is a compartmentation?

What is a compartmentation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. division into compartments
  2. (military) Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the personnel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other component only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
  3. (military) Effects of relief and drainage upon avenues of approach so as to produce areas bounded on at least two sides by terrain features such as woods, ridges, or ravines that limit observation or observed fire into the area from points outside the area. (JP 3-05.1)
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But without effective compartmentation, a single, well-placed mole can trigger an intelligence leak of catastrophic proportions.
The convenient inner compartmentation keeps everything in order by means of various small pockets.
This hair-raising essay is implicitly a powerful argument for alternative analysis, interagency intelligence sharing, and the breaking down of compartmentation.
The intelligence traditions of hierarchy, compartmentation, and isolating consumers from producers are currently limiting the effectiveness of this technology.
The need for compartmentation relates to the need to provide horizontal egress on emergencies where persons are nonambulatory.
Some tank trucks can carry varied products at once thanks to compartmentation of the tank into several compartments.

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