smokescreens

Chris, are you contending that there are enough -- I don't want to use the word smokescreens -- questions now in the mix to make this a tough-call case for the prosecution?

CNN Transcript May 29, 2003 2003

He said Israeli military had put up "smokescreens" to stop the truth of his death coming out.

Epolitix News 2010

He said Israeli military had put up "smokescreens" to stop the truth of his death coming out.

Epolitix News 2010

Stalling and smokescreens – its what the Repukes do best.

Al Franken's senate shut down 2009

No more smokescreens, no more excuses as there will never be peace until these settlements stop.

Emanuel: Settlement issue should not block Mideast peace 2009

We also call upon those who care about economic and civil rights to join us and stand up with millions of Americans who want Wal-Mart to make real, substantive changes to its harmful business practices rather than giving us public relations smokescreens.

Civil Rights 2010

And yes, “wheels within wheels within smokescreens” — like a magician doing her tricks with a perfectly ordinary pack of cards, perfectly ordinary, as you can see, those writers use simple tools to work wonders.

Fooling the reader « 2009

As with all the problems that have developed in the Church since Vatican II, (bad teachings, bad practices, liturgical abuses, poor doctrinal formation, etc.) religious life for women has gone hell-bent for extinction by abandoning the simplicity of Gospel truth to embrace current fads that are nothing but smokescreens for the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Transparency, Creativity, and Heresy 2009

The more defensive smokescreens you throw up, the more it comes across as an obstinate rejection of the writer's viewpoint, reeking of self-interest and disdain.

Fanfiction Hal Duncan 2010

This speech is just like all of the others, smokescreens.

Obama: More troops to be deployed in early 2010 2009