With disclosure threatened, Norfolk betrays his niece to the king before his enemies can.

Some news outlets refused to publish the information, as it related to ongoing operations and they contended disclosure may have threatened the lives of agents or informants.

Prosecutors, fearing that the disclosure could threaten their case and imperil the safety of witnesses, moved to retrieve the memo, which runs about 97 pages.

Information can only be withheld when its disclosure would adversely affect national and operations security or threaten the safety or privacy of members of the military community.

In defending the secrecy, the government asserted that "disclosure of this classified information could threaten ongoing investigations and implicate larger issues of national security."

Advanced Micro's disclosure today threatened to overshadow a positive development for the company in one of its suits with Intel.

Pete grows attached to Simon, but Pat's disclosure in 1986 that Pete is not Simon's father threatens to ruin their relationship.

Special Storage was for two major types of publications: those deemed "ideologically dangerous" and classified information whose disclosure could threaten the economy and defense of the state.

That disclosure threatens the C.I.A.'s foundation; its central mission is to speak the truth to those in power.

Mr. Thornburgh says disclosure would threaten national security.