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• n  concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

• Racing against the May 28 deadline that will bring the committee's investigation to a close, they had produced by last week an outline of a cover-up of the $100,000 transaction .
• The first stage is cover-up.
• While he stomps all over his primary opponent (an "X-Files" junkie who suspected the government of a massive alien-related cover-up), he eventually loses by a gaping margin to .

News & Articles

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• Belgian Awful: Ambassador's Prostitute Excuse Won't Help State's Coverup Case
  The tabloid favorite amongst the brewing new State Department investigations isn't the alleged Baghdad drug-ring cover-up, or the alleged Honduras killings cover-up, or even the alleged cover-up of Hillary Clinton's security detail for an "endemic" solicitation of prostitutes. No, the sexiest of the Foggy Bottom probes — all of which State officials are trying to explain away — has to do with ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
• Video: State Dept. responds, strongly denies cover-up allegations
  Following allegations of a cover-up, a State Dept. spokesperson said "ambassadors would be no exception" for criminal prosecution. Some agents told CBS News that investigations were manipulated to hide misconduct and criminal activity, including the suspected use of prostitutes by a U.S. ambassador.
  June 11, 2013 - CBS News
• Video: Eye Opener at 8: Possible State Dept. cover up
  A CBS News investigation into a possible State Department cover-up, involving high-ranking diplomats and alleged prostitution. Also, the benefits and risks of a new weight-loss drug on sale. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This Morning."
  June 10, 2013 - CBS News

Quotes

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• Donald Rumsfeld in Guardian Unlimited
  I know that I would not engage in a cover-up. I know that no one in the White House suggested such a thing to me. I know that the gentlemen sitting next to me are men of enormous integrity and would not participate in something like that,...
• Mike Honda in Guardian Unlimited
  In a separate statement, Honda called Geren's actions "necessary and long overdue" but added "they do nothing to lift the appearance of cover-up that continues to envelop the Pat Tillman story."
• Dana Perino in International Herald Tribune
  This cover-up only served to reinforce our confidence that this reactor was not intended for peaceful activities,White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "The Syrian regime must come clean before the world regarding its illicit...