The news conference, which was also attended by the officer's sister, was a vast departure from what typically follows a near-fatal attack on a police officer: Information is guarded, and loved ones seek privacy at a critical time.
This process creates a layer between the shell and its owner, especially if the dummy company is filed in a secrecy haven where ownership information is guarded behind an impenetrable wall of laws and regulations.
He acknowledged that he was guarded with information about injuries because he did not want to give opponents the tiniest morsel of data.
That such information should be guarded, that its release could lead to a competitive disadvantage, was once a mind-set exclusive to N.F.L. coaches, a group proud to be generally considered the most paranoid in sports.
In a profession where information can be guarded to serve institutional or personal concerns, she leaves behind a rich collection of data on American religion that she shared with the world.
Like he was guarding them.
I wonder whether, through Facebook's missteps, we're arriving at a reckoning with the idea that social responsibility is inherent in the nitty-gritty of a platform itself: how information travels, how its transfer is guarded, how the platform's algorithms are designed.
As smartphones and tablets become a common way for consumers to shop, bank and chat online, personal information and privacy will need to be guarded.
A federal official intimately familiar with the legalities of the case and strongly supportive of the government's position said the downloaded data included computer instructions on how to simulate the design of a nuclear warhead, including exact dimensions and other geometrical information that when standing alone would be guarded assiduously.
