But officials in this country are usually wary of predicting that something is likely to happen unless the idea has already attracted broad official support.
But just because Mr. Uzgalis, a retired computer-science professor at U.C.L.A., calls his Web site a museum does not mean it is one, at least not according to the broad official definition of the International Council of Museums.
Both men hit out at what they described as the Obama administration's aggressive pursuit of whistle-blowers, which Mr. Ellsberg said put the United States on a path to the kind of repressive legal framework that Britain has under its broad Official Secrets Act.
So too does broad official censorship of literature, the news media, and the internet and telecommunications technologies, as it prevents Chinese citizens from accessing accurate news and information that is in the public interest, and stifles the creativity and diversity of viewpoints that are essential to building a dynamic and competitive economy and culture," they write.
But out of public view, the effort is far broader, government officials say, involving diplomatic and covert actions.
Mullah Baradar is describing in detail how members of the Afghan Taliban's leadership council, or shura, based in Pakistan, interact, and how senior members fit into the organization's broader leadership, officials said.
Knowing that Egypt's role in advancing peace is important to the United States, the Prime Minister was likely also addressing his comments to an audience broader than officials in Cairo.
The new DURC policy would have a broader impact, officials say, covering perhaps several hundred laboratories known to work with the 15 agents.
In broad outlines, officials said, the Obama administration favors legislation that would bring illegal immigrants into the legal system by recognizing that they violated the law, and imposing fines and other penalties to fit the offense.
