And most of it remains just that – speculation, albeit of a kind that has fuelled character assassinations from those circling the wagons around the intelligence agencies.
Handing Tom Coughlin his worst defeat since joining the Giants along the way, Cam Newton and co., finally - albeit temporarily - ended speculation regarding Ron Rivera's position as the Panthers head coach and will certainly be looking to build on the performance as they prepare to face the Cardinals in two weeks time.
Through all the speculation stands Tuck, albeit on a wobbly left foot.
Investigative journalists in Kiev say people from Mr Akhmetov's energy company, DTEK, are showing a new willingness to communicate on issues inconvenient for the authorities, albeit off the record.There is speculation that Mr Akhmetov and other oligarchs could withdraw or reduce their support for Mr Yanukovych, favouring an alternative candidate in the 2015 presidential election.
In fact, you might argue that in the original German they could both be translated as "knowledge", albeit different types of knowledge bounded by speculation.
The Portuguese government successfully sold debt, albeit at higher interest rates, and there was speculation that the European Central Bank would step up to confront the turmoil in the euro zone.
This is just the latest speculation regarding the semi-mythical wearable (albeit from an unusually credible source, Re/code's long-time Apple watcher John Paczkowski) but just what do we really know about Apple's smartwatch?
There was even speculation she might be a candidate, albeit an unlikely one, to take over from her brother after he disappeared from public view for a prolonged period in 2014.
Albeit, like every other theory doing the rounds, this too is simply speculation, a conclusion based on outcome.
Although there has been speculation about earlier works, Sorabji's earliest known (albeit lost) composition is a transcription dating from 1914 of Delius's In a Summer Garden.
