Remarkably, though, its release wasn't accompanied by any contextual information or background briefing to either lawmakers or the press.
But collective action proved difficult given that any reporter not taking part in a background briefing runs the risk of losing out on information to a competitor.
The reports did not give a source, but the fact that major newspapers carried the same information suggested they were based on a background briefing by government officials.
However, the fact that the anonymously sourced reports all carried the same information suggested that they had come from an official background briefing.
Five days later, a senior White House official went a step further, telling reporters at a background briefing that they had the wrong impression about Joseph Wilson's trip to Niger and the information it had yielded.
In a background briefing, intelligence officials said they had concluded it was "possible" but not "likely" that the new information they were relying on was deception.
The documents also show a background briefing for then NRC chairman Gregory Jaczko and other commissioners that split intelligence into "public answer" and "additional technical, non-public information".
Background may include brief information on programme or project that the assessment is related to.
The survey comprised three sections: 1. Introduction and background: Brief background to the project, purpose, confidentiality and contact information.
Brief background information on the most powerful figures in the kingdom, and how they stand in the sometimes complicated order of succession.
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