Since Mr Kohl's confession in November that he had kept secret accounts in order to treat certain matters "confidentially", Mr Schäuble had sought to defend his former mentor, while publicly pressing for a "complete clarification" of any misdemeanours "without consideration for anyone".
It should never have been made public and should have been dealt with confidentially.
In other words, Twitter announced that it had filed the initial paperwork for a listing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, the US market regulator, using a new rule that allows companies with less than $1bn in revenues to submit the documents confidentially.
When Twitter announced yesterday afternoon (via tweet, naturally) that it was planning to file an I.P.O., the company said it had started the process by "confidentially" submitting an S-1 prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Observer understands that the Department for Education confidentially approached De Souza, chief executive of the Inspiration Trust, to ask her to offer evidence in favour of the honour.
However, these figures include MPs who have publicly announced their support along with those who are said to have confidentially disclosed their support to AME but were not prepared to say so publicly at this stage.
By studying court documents in bankruptcy cases, examining public records, requesting documents from local, state and federal governments, as well as talking to priests and bishops confidentially, The Economist has sought to quantify the damage.The picture that emerges is not flattering.
It had already withdrawn a set of market-opening measures that Zhu Rongji, the prime minister, laid confidentially before American trade negotiators during his trip to Washington last month (and which the Americans rashly publicised, to China's anger).
How could a president's own advisers or foreign leaders talk confidentially to him, if they knew that Congress could demand the transcripts?
The defence ministry is encouraging them to register confidentially using an online form.
The journal would wait for the government to suggest how the critical data might be shared with scientists confidentially.
