The police argument was presented by Andy Trotter, the media spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) who is regarded as one of the most sensible and sensitive of senior officers.
The plan was considered so sensitive that senior White House officials kept its final details hidden from the president's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, and the secretary of state, Colin L. Powell, officials said.
Pollard found that while he made a mistake in pulling the Newsnight programme from the list of sensitive programmes senior management needed to be aware of, he had told the head of news Helen Boaden that she should tell George Entwistle about the programme so he could make a decision on the tributes.
"It's very sensitive," a senior Saudi official told the BBC.
Discussing a sensitive topic, a senior editor slips her phone under a cushion, fearful that the secret services are listening.
His case is the most sensitive involving a senior Chinese official since the televised show-trial of the Gang of Four in 1980 and 1981.
"There may be a small number of acres coming into production, but they are likely highly environmentally sensitive," said Craig Cox, senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources for the Environmental Working Group and a former undersecretary for natural resources at the Agriculture Department.
Several participants noted how highly skilled these nurses were in conducting difficult, sensitive discussions with senior clinical colleagues, family carers and patients.
Those decisions are obviously the most sensitive because they involve senior officials, not just troops on the ground.
Police in Alexandria are sensitive about trafficking, but senior officer Voicu Sanbu says between 50 and 100 people disappear each year, male and female.
