Generally known, but officially unacknowledged information
For other uses, see Open secret (disambiguation).
The phrase open secret refers to information that was originally intended to be confidential but has at some point been disclosed and is known to many people.[1] Open secrets are secrets in the sense that they are excluded from formal or official discourse, but they are open in the sense that they are familiar and referred to in idioms and language games, though these often require explanation for outsiders.[2]
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the expression in several European languages "Pulcinella's secret" (i.e., an opensecret that everyone knows).[citation needed] Pulcinella's repertoire...
Interviews... with Louis Theroux, during which she told Theroux about the "opensecret" of an alleged sexual abuser who was a prominent TV personality. In January...
existence of the Secret Intelligence Service, much less its Chief, was not officially acknowledged until 1992, the role's reality was an opensecret for many...
election cycle, exceeding that of the last mid-term election. According to OpenSecrets, of the 25 top donors for the 2021-2022 cycle, 18 are Republican, who...
disclosure are publicly available on a database website, maintained by OpenSecrets. Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress...
enemy combatants. US President George W. Bush acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006. A claim...
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but not in all cases, the outcomes are predetermined; as this is an opensecret, it is not considered to be match fixing. The term "sports entertainment"...
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their five years together on The Andy Griffith Show; the affair was an opensecret among the cast and crew. On November 6, 1995, Corsaut died of cancer...
Prostitution in Pakistan is a taboo culture of sex-trade that exists as an opensecret but illegal. Prostitution is largely based in organisational setups like...
the media under the guise of a spokesperson has been described as "an opensecret" at the Trump Organization and in New York media circles. A writer for...
thought that Salerno was the boss of the Genovese family, it was an opensecret in New York Mafia circles that Salerno was merely a front man for the...
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Marks & Spencer and BG Group. Rimington published her memoirs, entitled OpenSecret, in 2001. In July 2004, her first novel, At Risk, about a female intelligence...
shooting of Tamir Rice and the shooting of Michael Brown. According to OpenSecrets, the OSF spends much of its resources on democratic causes around the...
very special episodes. A scene from "The Bicycle Man" was used in An OpenSecret (2015), a documentary film about pedophilia in the film industry. The...
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