"Our goal is to make the daily briefing as useful and informative as possible for both reporters and the public..."

That could be served easily by simply telling the truth. The only reason to obfuscate is to cover up your lies and true intentions.

And we've already seen what happens when Democrats get the questions ahead of time, a la Donna Brazil. You get useless answers. Not that we're getting any real answers right now but you can gauge a lot based on their reaction to the question. The current press secretary is constantly in a state of bewilderment. It's funny and tragic.