She made this statement on Monday. "The United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations.
VOA: special.2010.12.04
Lipper gets its numbers from the "Statement of Additional Information" that funds file with the SEC.
"It relates to suspected payments to a public official and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately, " the police statement said of the information.