The meeting began with Backus expressing his regret that the story had leaked before I could write it.

The story quickly leaked to the press, and was carried on the evening television news that day.

Mr. Giuliani's story, for instance, was already leaking by the time he held his news conference.

President Reagan warned that if the story leaked, "we'll all be hanging by our thumbs in front of the White House."

The story leaked anyway, and Gene's visit to Arkansas did little to help.

That night, the story leaked to the Swedish newspaper Expressen.

George called Vernon, and Vernon was burned up because the story had leaked in the paper.

Except, of course, when the story leaked.

The only good news, Ryan thought, is that the biggest story hadn't quite leaked.

Not with three different stories leaked already.