1345 When is stealing not theft?

When a library publication prints the story. Conservator compares the theft of classified documents with the theft of maps, as reported in Library Journal and American Libraries.

"The headline for last Tuesday's article refers straightforwardly to an "accused Yale thief." The article's lead paragraph states equally straightforwardly that Mr. E. Forbes Smiley III is "charged with stealing rare maps," etc.

Needless to say, the initial notice in American Libraries on Berger's unauthorized removal of documents from the National Archives contains no version of the words "theft" or "steal." "

In checking the American Libraries website, I noted this resolution on disinformation. It's a hoot, considering their own carefully worded obfuscation and manipulation of information to say nothing of playing in the puddles instead of checking the ocean.