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To: coffee260
it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it

Somebody please 'splain to me why anyone would give a tape to a FREAKIN' NEWSPAPER and then not want it released or even QUOTED FROM?

Huh?

11 posted on 10/29/2008 8:31:59 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

“why anyone would give a tape to a FREAKIN’ NEWSPAPER and then not want it released or even QUOTED FROM?”

That’s Bogus. No one would do that.


53 posted on 10/29/2008 8:48:46 AM PDT by rlferny
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To: Izzy Dunne
Somebody please 'splain to me why anyone would give a tape to a FREAKIN' NEWSPAPER and then not want it released or even QUOTED FROM?

*shrug* You mean you don't entrust your secrets to the village gossip?

104 posted on 10/29/2008 9:19:09 AM PDT by null and void (Socialism doesn't work because of people./People don't work because of socialism...)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Just for background or some similar purpose.

It happens pretty frequently, but that doesn’t make not releasing it right.


154 posted on 10/29/2008 11:08:14 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Izzy Dunne
It is curious to give a tape to a newspaper under conditions of anonymity but if this source was at the banquet, somebody could put a serious hurt on them. This person for all intents and purposes is an infidel now.

We would say whistleblower.

184 posted on 10/29/2008 2:11:10 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Would YOU have PLO or DOMESTIC TERRORISTS babysit your kids?OBAMA DID.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

LAT already wrote a story about the dinner (but probably didn’t tell the whole story), so now they can say the tape is protected under confidentiality (shield law) rules. That’s the only thing I can figure.


224 posted on 10/30/2008 12:41:05 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( God doesn't wear a wristwatch.)
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