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• n  the trait of keeping things secret
• n  the condition of being concealed or hidden

• The most valuable deposit in Switzerland's bulging banks is secrecy, which the Swiss have shrewdly used to lure shy money from all over the world.
• But church secrecy renders the precise answer unknowable.
• The furor underscores the conflict between Britain's shaky tradition of press rights and stolid tradition of government secrecy.

• secretiveness
• silence
• privacy
• privateness
• concealment

News & Articles

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• Fighting the Secrecy/Surveillance State
  The emergence of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden represents just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the U.S. government’s excesses in secrecy and surveillance, a movement that Iceland MP Birgitta Jonsdottir discusses with Dennis J Bernstein.
  June 13, 2013 - consortiumnews.com
• NSA Secrecy Prompts a Pushback
  The secrecy shrouding the National Security Agency's collection of electronic data is coming under attack, with major Silicon Valley companies seeking to make public more information about the programs ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal via Yahoo! Finance
• Tech firms push back over NSA secrecy
  The secrecy shrouding the National Security Agency’s collection of electronic data is coming under attack, with major Silicon Valley companies seeking to make public more information about the programs and the American Civil Liberties Union filing a lawsuit aimed at halting some of the efforts.
  June 12, 2013 - Market Watch

Quotes

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• JK Rowling in Shreveport Times
  I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day,JK Rowling wrote on her Web site. "In a very...
• Barack Obama in InTheNews.co.uk
  Instead of politicians doling out money behind a veil of secrecy, decisions about where we invest will be made public, and informed by independent experts whenever possible,President Obama said. "We'll launch an unprecedented effort to...
• Hans-Rudolf Merz in USA Today
  Banking secrecy, ladies and gentlemen, remains intact,President Hans-Rudolf Merz told reporters.