European officials privately accuse the Clinton Administration of retreating from past American stands.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Angleton privately accused various foreign leaders of being Soviet spies.

Republicans privately accused her of grandstanding and playing to the party's left wing, but conceded that that was her prerogative.

He has also privately accused some contra leaders of being incompetent and lazy.

After nine months of bitter isolation, she left the Government, citing health problems, but privately accusing the Sandinistas of betrayal.

There have been reports of staff backbiting, with Regan loy-alists privately accusing Baker's team of being short on substance and managerial ability.

As an adult in the early 1990s, Freyd privately accused her father of abusing her during her childhood.

That prospect has caused concern here, and Democratic officials in Miami privately accuse the Bush Administration of trying to create a scare.

Need vs. Merit As a result, a number of college officials privately accuse each other of "stealing" black students.

Mr Sarkozy is said to be "furious" with Mr Papandreou, privately accusing him of betrayal.