Andrew Rosenthal on a government official
in "Taking Note," the New York Times  editorial
page editor's blog, at 3:12 PM today:

"… we are going to have to parse his meanings
of complex words like 'yes' and 'no.'"

Parse this, Rosenthal:

IMAGE- Semaphore-like logo of NY Times editorial editor's blog

For some help, do a Google image search on "semaphore."