How information is protected

[Ian Mason]

On 13 Aug 2007, at 08:34, Mary Hawking wrote:

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> ... "denied that its disappearance would impact negatively on  
> current police cases." - but doesn't mention future ones...
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I fear you've got it right. Over-specific answers like that always  
make me suspect the "lawyers lie" i.e. it is literally true but it is  
deliberately misleading because it is constructed in the hope that  
you will draw an inference not strictly implied.