In the first, a stranger approaches Poitras electronically, with a promise of dramatic disclosures.
One underling (Oliver Burns), for example, offers a series of dramatic disclosures about problems in both his finances and his marriage (not unrelated), though none of these revelations are particularly compelling.
The danger, the great danger, is that some other wild card gets tossed on to the table be it a terrorist attack, dramatic disclosures of far worse financial conditions at major firms or political bickering that prevents substantive reforms of our markets and regulators.
Two modes of uncovering the past function side by side here: the work of excavation, of unearthing palace and temple and tomb, and, no less dramatic, the gradual disclosure of Obermann's past and the tissue of deception that surrounds it.
Also, although the dramatic increases in disclosure of HIV status to sex partners documented over the past decade may have been influenced by the increasing adoption of risk-reduction strategies such as serosorting, our findings provide evidence of high expectations to disclose HIV-positive status in general.
The final, and most dramatic set of disclosures came in November and December, when the Guardian began publishing day-by-day articles based on diplomatic cables sent between Washington and US embassies worldwide, many classified "secret" or marked not for the eyes of foreigners.
Today the senior administration official would only say, regarding the intelligence information, that "before something dramatic happens there will be disclosure of as much as we can say publicly".
The decision, after nearly three months of speculation about the fate of the records, marks a dramatic shift from the Obama Administration's voluntary disclosure of more than 6 million records during his presidency.
On July 29 at the Pentagon, Mr. Gates told reporters that disclosure of the names has "potentially dramatic and grievously harmful consequences".
Still, if only a few of the swing states identified in the report require disclosure, it could illuminate the sources behind the dramatic surge in secret spending, which amounted to more than $300 million in 2012.
