It's a piercing summation of the mourner's secret position: I have to say this person is dead, but I don't have to believe it.
In the proposed scheme, a secret position matrix is designed to improve the hiding capacity which is capable of preventing the least distortion based on the combination theory.
Masri, meanwhile, has been unable to sue the U.S. government for either an apology or damages, because the courts consider the very existence of rendition a state secret — a position that the Obama Justice Department has so far supported.
"Business travellers should be particularly aware that trade secrets, negotiating positions, and other sensitive information may be taken and shared with competitors, counterparts, and/or Russian regulatory and legal entities," warns a U.S. State Department document released earlier this year.
But at least the Democrats didn't keep their positions secret.
He made news this week for trying to keep secret the internal positions of his hedge fund, going to court to try to identify the source of a leak of the firm's investment newsletter.
"Anybody holding a secret has a position of power, even if it's a trivial secret," Mr. Sanborn said.
They betray a deeply unhealthy pleasure in the secret power his position gave him over the life of another man.
Cameron has been trying to keep his precise negotiating position secret at least until after the Conservative conference in October.
But they made little secret of their position that the current caps have little value given the way Congress has maneuvered around them.
