1.   As with Gennifer Flowers, there is a convergence here of matters public and private that is repellent and dangerous.

2.   If the hierarchy refuses to respond, taking the matter public must be an option in a worst-case scenario.

3.   The trust was under no obligation ever to make the matter public, he said, and did so only after reporters learned of it.

4.   She said that she did not know why Russia decided to breach the agreement by making the matter public and sending an Estonian official home.