ACTIVE  STATUS.—The  status  of  all  inac- tive   duty   ready   reservists   and   those   standby reservists  not  officially  placed  on  the  Inactive Status List. ALIEN.—Any   person   not   a   citizen   or   a national  of  the  United  States. CLASSIFICATION.—The    determination that official information requires, in the interest of  national  security,  a  specific  degree  of  protec- tion  against  unauthorized  disclosure,  coupled  with a  designation  signifying  that  such  a  determination has been made. CLASSIFIED    INFORMATION.—Official information”   which   has   been   determined   to require, in the interest of national security, pro- tection  against  unauthorized  disclosure  which  has been  so  designated. CLASSIFIED  MATERIAL.—Any  matter, document,   product,    or  substance  on  which classified  information  is  recorded. CLEARANCE.—An   administrative   deter- mination   by   competent   authority   that   an   in- dividual  is  eligible  for  access  to  classified information  of  a  specific  classification  category. COMMAND.—Any   organizational   entity under one individual authorized to exercise direc- tion and control. NOTE: This term includes unit, base,  squadron,  activity,  or  any  other  indication of  organizational  integrity. COMMANDING   OFFICER.—This   term includes   commander,   officer   in   charge,   naval representative, director, inspector, and any other title  assigned  to  an  individual  (military  or  civilian) who through command status, has the authority to  render  a  decision  with  regard  to  a  specific question  under  consideration. COMPROMISE.—A  security  violation  which has resulted in confirmed or suspected exposure of  classified  information  or  material  to  an unauthorized  person. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE.—That   aspect of  intelligence  activity  which  is  devoted  to  destroy- ing the effectiveness of inimical (hostile) foreign intelligence activities and to the protection of the information  against  espionage,  individuals  against subversion, and installations or material against sabotage. CUSTODIAL    RESPONSIBILITY.—The responsibility  for  classified  material  which  rests with  the  command  to  whom  the  material  is charged. CUSTODIAN.—An   individual   who   has possession  of  or  is  otherwise  charged  with  the responsibility of safeguarding and accounting for classified   information. DECLASSIFICATION.—The     determination that classified information no longer requires, in the interest of national security, any degree of pro- tection  against  unauthorized  disclosure,  coupled with  a  removal  or  cancellation  of  the  classifica- tion  designation. DOCUMENT.—Any   recorded   information regardless of its physical form or characteristics. This  includes  written  or  printed  material;  data processing   cards   and   tapes;   maps;   charts; paintings; drawings; engravings; sketches; work- ing  notes  and  papers;  reproductions  by  any  means or   process;   and  sound,  voice,  or  electronic recordings  in  any  form. DOWNGRADE.—TO   determine   that classified information requires, in the interest of national  security,  a  lower  degree  of  protection against  unauthorized  disclosure  than  currently provided,   coupled   with   a   changing   of   the classification  designation  to  reflect  such  lower degree. FOREIGN   INTELLIGENCE.—The   product resulting  from  the  collection,  evaluation,  analysis, integration, and interpretation of all available in- formation which concerns one or more aspects of foreign  nations  or  of  areas  of  foreign  operations and  which  is  immediately  or  potentially  signifi- cant  to  military  planning  and  operations. FOREIGN  NATIONAL.—Any  person  not  a U.S. citizen, immigrant alien, or U.S. national is considered  to  be  a  foreign  national.  American citizens  representing  foreign  governments,  foreign private  interests,  or  other  foreign  nationals  are considered  to  be  foreign  nationals  for  purposes of this regulation, when acting in that capacity. 2-13