Question: I should have to request absolute secrecy for the time being.
I will ask for total secrecy for now.

Answer: yes

Question: yeah yeah they pop up pretty fast
They take a long time to pop up.

Answer: no

Question: Meanwhile, Bush suffers in silence as his fund-raisers bleed the field dry.
Bush in the meantime suffers in silence, the news says.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell