The actual extent of the "secrecy" of the family courts has been poorly understood.
The tribunal is also being asked to consider the extent of the secrecy that surrounds its work.
Admittedly, the Glomar doctrine embodies some extent of "meta-secrecy".
The culture (and the cult) of secrecy extents way beyond any employee tenure; even the usually profligate academic literature is rather bare when it comes to Apple.
It comes in the week a Guardian investigation revealed the extent and secrecy of the prince's veto over government policy that affects the duchy.
Ultimately, the big questions are not just who profited from graft under Oil-for-Food, but the extent to which the UN setup of secrecy, warped incentives and lack of accountability allowed it to supervise the transformation of Oil-for-Food into a program of theft-from-Iraqis, cash-for-Saddam and grease-for-the-UN.
Internet safety experts, however, say while the tech companies encourage their users to challenge abuse, they have an unacceptable level of secrecy shrouding the true extent of their internal efforts to counter abuse and intimidation on their platforms.
It remains to be seen whether, and to what extent, the new regimen will succeed in avoiding flimsy claims of secrecy.
His absence and initial secrecy about the extent of his health problems has created uncertainty in Venezuela.
For one thing, the culture of secrecy still exists in Britain, although not to the extent that it once did.
"A degree of secrecy is often necessary to do justice, but where secrecy is ordered, it should only be to the extent strictly necessary to achieve the interests of justice," committee director David Neuberger argued at the time.
