The flavor industry has long resisted the public disclosure of its formulas, and so monitoring the safety of the chemicals in them is complex.
He argued that disclosure of the search warrant would preclude the government from monitoring the account, should such a step become necessary in the investigation.
The Obama administration appeared in disarray as it struggled with the fallout over the disclosure that the National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of at least 35 world leaders, and that the phone of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, had been monitored.
Re "The White House on Spying" (editorial, Oct. 29): The real significance of the disclosures that the National Security Agency monitored the cellphone of Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is in demonstrating the fallacy that N.S.A. surveillance is designed only to keep us safe.
Some of these ideas make sense: more disclosure will help regulators to monitor the systemic risks that may be building outside the banks.
Since the disclosures began to emerge, he has watched television and monitored the internet, hearing all the threats and vows of prosecution emanating from Washington.
The City watchdog said: "We have an existing short-selling disclosure regime around financial stocks in place and we continue to monitor the activity in our markets accordingly.
Limiting disclosures in tax reporting may make it more difficult for watchdogs to monitor the ways in which corporations exploit loopholes to dodge taxes.
On Tuesday, Colonel Pohl read a government statement that said an "original classification authority" — apparently a reference to the C.I.A. — was also monitoring for disclosures of classified information.
But who monitors the monitors?
It does have an Office of Global Security Risk, created under the direction of Congress in the SEC's 2003 budget bill, which monitors voluntary disclosure of activities in countries linked to terrorism and human-rights abuses.
