And details of their remarks during confidential question-and-answer sessions occasionally leak out.
Mr. Oslon's company is one of several that conducts expensive, data-intensive polls on behalf of the Kremlin and other government agencies, including an extensive "georating," a regular survey of 60,000 Russians, as well as a weekly poll of 3,000 which includes confidential questions shared only with Mr. Medvedev's and Mr. Putin's teams.
They might even lie about their health if they felt trapped: " In fact, the insurance agent wasn't too smart that way; he asked all the confidential questions in front of my mother.
I also told the students that all information included in this experiment would be kept confidential and questions or inquiry were welcomed.
I also promised the students that all information included in this experiment would be kept confidential and questions or inquiry were welcomed.
With the terms of the out-of-court settlement confidential, many questions remain in the wake of the legal fireworks.
"There are emergency alert services to notify students about emergency evacuation and confidential counselling question-and-reply services.
The "confidential" material in question is about as sensitive as the back pages of the New York Times, sometimes even less.
A similar approach could be seen as Sam's first NFL test: At the NFL combine, a talent evaluation event held in late February, team officials surely will ask him questions about his sexuality, a topic officially off-limits, and keeping those questions confidential could earn him points in the close-to-the-vest NFL.
While it appears that Mr. London acted on his own by divulging confidential client information, questions may be raised about the type of training and controls KPMG has in place to prevent this type of disclosure.
After examining around 20,000 confidential documents, Gibson questioned whether the UK had "a deliberate or agreed policy" of turning a blind eye to the mistreatment of prisoners, and whether the two intelligence agencies were willing to "condone, encourage or take advantage of rendition operations" mounted by others.
