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Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project
By SCOTT SHANE
The C.I.A. was said to have withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on orders from the former vice president.

But though the owner and local government officials took few steps to prevent the tragedy, they succeeded, almost completely, in concealing it.


As such, Roland Barthes attempts a novel approach to the problem of critical distance. Whereas fiction admits the extent of its untruth, it also conceals its autobiographical element.


hoodwink (顧 "hood/wink"之名，思其為blindfold之義) 這字在16世紀中開始用。不過現在只用在”欺詐;哄騙”（從17世紀早期起）
1. verb [T]
to deceive or trick someone:
He hoodwinked us into agreeing.


在Shorter O. E. D.中還有兩例。其一類似昨天{朝日新聞}的” Just another attempt to hoodwink the public” 07/02/2007，只不過它指希特勒時代的事。
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【古】蒙住...的眼睛
1. Archaic. To blindfold.
2. Obsolete. To conceal.

conceal Show phonetics
verb [T]
to prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something:
The listening device was concealed in a pen.
I tried to conceal my surprise when she told me her age.
It was said that the police concealed vital evidence.
Is there something you're concealing from me?

concealed Show phonetics
adjective
The robbery had been recorded on a concealed security camera.
He was carrying a concealed weapon.
The room had concealed lighting.

concealment Show phonetics
noun [U]
when something is hidden:
the concealment of evidence/facts/weapons