springing a leak

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Jul 15 14:43:08 UTC 2010


At 5:19 AM -0400 7/15/10, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  Here's a strange headline.
>
>http://bit.ly/cIuM0f
>NSA Executive Leaked After Official Reporting Process Failed Him |
>Threat Level | Wired.com
>
>Normally, it wouldn't be necessary to assume that it was classified
>information (or documents) that was leaked by an official, but, in this
>headline, the object is missing completely. So it sounds like the
>"Executive" may have sprung a leak.
>
or taken one.

LH

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