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The Secret classification level "shall be applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security."
They are more free as they used to be affected by communism :)
This is called trench warfare!
The name comes from the trenches, that is the ditches that the soldiers built.
This warfare was typical in the First World War and it led to frequent stalemates: the trenches are easy to defend but hard to attack so for long periods of times the front remained stable.
I believe that its a description of “Liquefaction.” Hope this helps you.