Word: secretively
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...domination of public discourse bear striking similarities to conspiratorial claims that Jews “control the media.” The two are careful to point out, however, that the Israel lobby is not a “cabal” of powerful individuals that connives in secret, but rather “just another interest group engaged in legitimate political activities.”It is a particularly powerful interest group, however, and the authors are convinced that it has frequently used its considerable power to bring about results that are, unintentionally, harmful to America?...
...TOPOFF reports are "for official use only," so they are not shared publicly - a level of secrecy that was criticized by some members of Congress last week. "What that does is it shields people from accountability," says Clarke. A good public report would not include truly secret information. It would identify problems and set deadlines for fixing them. And if it were public, there might actually be some pressure...
...over Hashem, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, was the public disapproval of his death sentence by President Jalal Talibani and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi. But Iraqi officials in Maliki's office suspected that Hashem was being shielded because of his key role in secret contacts with the U.S. before the invasion of Iraq - contacts that U.S. intelligence sources say led Hashem to assist the U.S. in minimizing resistance by the Iraqi Army, which largely faded away in the face of the invading Americans. Hashem's influence was over the professional army rather than...
...have been merciless with their own critics. Even fellow PIS politicians have been sacked for disagreeing with the Prime Minister. When former Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek criticized a proposed law that would have required virtually all Polish professionals to declare whether or not they had collaborated with the communist secret police, Jaroslaw Kaczynski said he was sullying Poland's good name...
...measure requires that intelligence officials submit procedures to a court before starting such blanket snooping. Officials must also prove that the law isn't being used to launch fishing expeditions that needlessly infringe on the privacy of innocent Americans. To check up on this, the legislation would make a secret court audit the surveillance program periodically and require Congress to reauthorize it in two years...