This act allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the U.S. government.

'It was the partial disclosure of your secrets,' replied Mr. Brownlow.

One reason for this partial disclosure may have been that the consensus in Washington was built only on the lesser aspect - removing Saddam Hussein.

Further, the Attorney General has directed that whenever full disclosure of a record is not possible, agencies "must consider whether [they] can make partial disclosure."

In the context of other protections for confidential information like the attorney-client privilege, a partial disclosure can waive the privilege.

Nor can we return to the failed bargain of Resolution 1284, which offered partial relief for partial disclosure.

Finally, the Guidelines direct agencies to consider whether a partial disclosure can be made, even if a full disclosure may not be possible.

Even in those cases, the memo urges officials not to seek to withhold an entire record when partial disclosure is possible without harm.

Some bankers have expressed displeasure with the company's strategy of trying to divide and conquer the lenders and providing only partial financial disclosure.