But Wall Streeters immediately warned that trying to shut off the selective release of information could shut off any release of information.

The opponents warned that trying to shut off the selective release of information could shut off any release of information and that analysts should be seen as the proxies for investors.

The WP and NYT go top-front with Rep. Dan Burton's apology to fellow Republicans for the uproar caused by his selective release of Web Hubbell tapes.

A related issue concerns the deliberate suppression, failure to publish, or selective release of the findings of scientific studies.

"It was a selective release of information to affect public opinion, and it used to drive me through the wall," he said.

Verrall was stunned not just by selective release of reports he believed confidential - participants sign non-disclosure statements about the proceedings but by the source of the leak.

Mr. Brooke added, "What we are seeing here is the very selective release of information designed to discredit Dr. Chalabi and people with whom they have some disagreement with."

More frequently they try to manipulate the media to their advantage by the selective release of carefully timed and adjusted information and by threatening, punishing, and intimidating media staff.

"The premature and selective release of information throughout our yearlong investigation has been designed to divert attention from the committee's exhaustive work and thorough deliberations."

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed its first three cases against companies that it said had violated Regulation FD, which bars the selective release of important corporate information.