In September, I emailed: Since you've chosen not to publish based on the information we have and we're not actively pursuing any more information, then I think it's reasonable to conclude that The Star is passing on this story.
It's hard not to conclude US officials are mixed up in this detention, just as they were involved in Mr Mobley's first disappearance".
"We therefore do not consider that this narrow category of communications data requires the same degree of protection as the full content of a communication," they conclude.
Analysis of satellite "pings" emitted by the plane saw investigators conclude that it probably crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean, but search teams have yet to turn up any evidence.
They conclude, wrongly, that this must mean there was plenty of fat to go at – and that there remains yet more to trim.
Watching the subsequent derby unfold, however, it was tempting to conclude that De Prà's mission must have succeeded after all.
And it should disclose the factual record that led the OLC to conclude that the extrajudicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki – again, an American citizen who was located far from any conventional battlefield – would be lawful.
"Analysing trends in the key emitting sectors, we conclude that China's greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to peak as late as 2030, the upper limit set by President Xi Jinping in November 2014, and are much more likely to peak by 2025," said the paper, co-authored by climate economist Nicholas Stern and analyst Fergus Green.
There's no need to wait for the "wrong" state to arise to conclude that mass surveillance endangers liberty, pluralism and democracy.
"There is however no reason to conclude that [Sutcliffe's] claim that he genuinely believed that he was acting under divine instructions to fulfill God's will carries any greater conviction now than it did when it was rejected by the jury," said Lord Judge.
"Let us not disrupt a process which has ended peacefully and which we will conclude in a few hours," Jega said.
