limited hangout
Intentionally tell a juicy part of the truth of your secret so people are too misdirected and to distracted to investigate the full truth.
NIXON: You think, you think we want to, want to go this route now? And the — let it hang out, so to speak?
DEAN: Well, it's, it isn't really that —
HALDEMAN: It's a limited hangout.
DEAN: It's a limited hangout.
EHRLICHMAN: It's a modified limited hangout.
NIXON: Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately.
DEAN: Well, it's, it isn't really that —
HALDEMAN: It's a limited hangout.
DEAN: It's a limited hangout.
EHRLICHMAN: It's a modified limited hangout.
NIXON: Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately.