Cuban disputes the charges, saying he had not agreed to keep the information secret.

What purpose would we have in keeping such information secret from you?

"I must ask you to swear to keep this information secret."

He said the federal government kept such information secret.

The government said it would keep the information secret.

The government, of course, has the right - under law, and as a matter of common sense - to keep some information secret.

Americans cannot judge for themselves because the administration has decided to make the information secret.

With news so calamitous, the Council knew they could not keep the information secret for long.

But she said a judge would be hard pressed to rule against a government request to keep the information secret for reasons of national security.

In essence: if the crew were dead, he would no longer have to keep the information secret.