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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a secret declaration" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a statement or announcement that is intended to be kept confidential or not disclosed to the public.
Example: "The government issued a secret declaration regarding national security measures that was not meant for public knowledge."
Alternatives: "a confidential statement" or "a hidden announcement."
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After President Obama's meeting with China's president, Xi Jinping, in California (and the recent Chinese-Indian standoff in Ladakh), it seemed to creep to the front, with a former Indian intelligence chief snidely referring to the meeting "as the Big Boys Clubb … dividing the world into spheres of influence and power" and speculating about a secret declaration that would constitute "Asia's Yalta".
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Separately, the FBI also released a previously secret declaration written by the bureau's FOIA chief, David Hardy, that was submitted earlier this year to a federal court judge presiding over VICE News FOIAA case.
The FBI is seeking permission to file a second, secret declaration in US District Court in Washington, DC describing its search for documents related to the bureau's probe of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
Yet in a separate Fisa court document, the current presiding judge, Reggie Walton, blasted the government's secret declaration that it followed USSID 18 "rather than specifically requiring that the narrower dissemination provision set forth in the Court's orders in this matter be strictly adhered to".
Related: FBI reveals 'additional details' about Clinton email probe in secret declaration.
The secret declaration was written by FBI FOIA chief David Hardy, who also wrote the classified one last March.
This report has been updated to reflect that the government is seeking permission from the judge presiding over the case to file the secret declaration.
Polls in New Jersey will be one of the first to close at 8pm ET. South Dakota's polls also close at 8pm, followed by Montana at 9pm ET and New Mexico at 10pm ET. North Dakota will also begin caucusing at 8pm ET. Voting booths in California will be the last to close at 11pm ET. Related: FBI Reveals 'Additional Details' About Clinton Email Probe in Secret Declaration.
It's hardly a secret that I'm skeptical of declarations that the aliens are out and about on our planet.
This is topped by the fact that you are sharing a secret, something illegal, which makes the smoking a de-facto declaration that you trust each other.
The next morning, at the Council session, the bishops were naturally astonished when Archbishop Felici announced that a secret ballot would be taken immediately on whether to accept the declaration on religious liberty as the basis for a final text.
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