#secrecy

#secrecy

"It's a big activity that firms are involved in," he says.

In a profession that demands paramount secrecy, the lead couple's surveillance of each other, borne less of suspicion than of the primal urge to protect, has never looked sexier.

Some victims of the Palisades conflagration have criticized the lack of transparency, while open government advocates say the city's refusal to release public records runs afoul of disclosure laws.

FBI director Kash Patel's book, Government Gangsters, emphasizes the deep state's reliance on operating in shadows, manipulating obscure legal frameworks familiar to few, and executing political moves in secret.