Prevention of disclosure of a piece of the bigger picture or Prevention of the possibility of future 'Networking'.
There would need to be false trails laid.
Just an early thought.
For the record:
Category: Obituaries
Classification: Funerals
BATES, Thomas
We are sad to announce the death of our brother, Retired US Air Force SSGT, Thomas Andrew Bates, 45, in Garmisch Germany. He was a civil service employee of the George C. Marshall, European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. A full military funeral will be held at the Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary St., Beaufort, Nov. 1, 12:00 Noon.