wall of secrecy

Often questionable decisions are made behind a wall of secrecy.

The walls of secrecy would close absolutely, to keep silent a man they could no longer control.

But then he too hit a wall of secrecy.

How they accomplished this is hidden by the walls of secrecy behind which China's leaders work.

Whether or not this committee's existence has resulted in reducing the wall of secrecy around intelligence gathering activities I cannot know.

For pirates, government facilities and military factories offer a wall of secrecy that protects against police inspections.

Bad political systems and corrupt big business can only do what it does, because it is able to hide behind a wall of secrecy.

So, to protect their children, the Glasers erected a wall of secrecy.

Yes, she was frustrated because they hadn't penetrated the wall of secrecy surrounding Vanessa.

With the wall of secrecy gone, the Glasers found their community loving and supportive.

How sad that, after breaching the system's wall of secrecy, all we got to see was this tragically misleading picture.

If both partners seek only individual help, it could build a wall of secrecy and privacy between them and lead to further alienation.

Other cracks in the wall of secrecy have appeared in recent years, as we shall see in Chapter 5.

"Another brick in the wall of secrecy has crumbled," Don Hooton said yesterday.

This has led to cracks in the wall of secrecy surrounding the government's role in the events leading up to the bank's collapse in 1982.

Director Jamie Doran said, "They're hiding behind a wall of secrecy."

The giant Druid had remained from their first meeting both an impenetrable wall of secrecy and a mystical force with powers that defied explanation.

"It's possible, I suppose, but inconsistent with the extraordinary precautions Carlos takes, the literally impenetrable wall of secrecy he's built around himself.

As the wall of secrecy surrounding Nigeria's military Government was lowered, the deep-rooted problems facing Nigeria have become clearer.

If it failed-it had political consequences, particularly between Reseune Administration and the Defense department, which was inside the wall of secrecy.

Although the erroneous reports effectively hid the true information, it was clear that the wall of secrecy around the F-117A was breaking down.

The "wall of secrecy" set up by the Act compromised the public debate characteristic to a democracy, and confined research and development within the country and government.

While the public has demonstrated considerable interest in the inside stories of regimes that lived behind elaborate walls of secrecy, many have also found the publicity grating.

A Knesset committee under Abba Eban waggled a finger but could not penetrate the wall of secrecy.

So it is not without some irony that a hedge fund named the Fortress Investment Group may be the first to tear down those walls of secrecy.