I already had a story and the bureau would likely not want a story published yet.

The media laps it up and the bureau doesn't want to dim that.

But he said the bureau did not want to ask Congress for more time because that would commit the bureau now to doing an adjustment.

The bureau and its Congressional supporters now want to expand that authority to other investigations.

The bureau wants to then count a fraction of the remainder and use that figure to extrapolate for the total population.

The bureau doesn't want humanity to shy away from alien contact.

The bureau wants to use a method called statistical sampling to make up for expected undercounting of some groups.

The bureau wants him to act as a mole.

The issue is nearly irresolvable: how can the agency keep secrets when the bureau wants to use them as evidence?

"Especially given the history of 9/11, of course the bureau wants to move quickly and make sure there is no risk of attack," he said.