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by raesene9 4008 days ago
Unfortunately this is extremely common in many countries where politicians and civil servants want something out without having it tied to them.

If you've been following the greece coverage, there's been lots of documents leaking from various sources on both sides of the negotiations. Last week when the initial greek proposal and the IMF "red-lined" version were in discussion, both were leaked on the day...

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    > in many countries where politicians and civil servants
    > want something out without having it tied to them
I wonder if there are any democracies where this mechanism isn't used