But members of the panel, led by Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said they regarded as credible assertions by current and former officers in the program.
The court papers describe the allegations as "credible assertions of potentially serious criminal conduct, made to the commission by confidential informants," which involve actions by "board employees at the local school level".
A rise in "credible fear" assertions in recent weeks has prompted officials to send more asylum officers to the border.
Few in the West or the Middle East consider that assertion credible, given Iran's history of concealment of its nuclear facilities, its missile program and its limited need for nuclear fuel for its power plant reactors.
As shocking as it is to hear the head of the nation's largest animal protection group speak as an advocate for convicted animal abusers rather than the animals his organization is pledged to protect, the rationale for his tortured logic aren't any less stunning or more credible than his assertion that we must defend convicted animal abusers from the logical consequences of their criminal behavior.
It was a claim about as credible as his assertions last year that Wesley Sneijder was being excluded from the side purely on tactical grounds.
The Telegraph makes a marginally less audacious claim that "350,000 Bulgarians and Romanians" are looking for work in the UK, but are either of these assertions credible?
It averts the need to shoot much, if any, new footage, and through the use of actual images and the words of the target — sometimes misleading, sometimes not — the negative message can be made to appear more credible than mere assertions.
Vocabulary: surveillance, hijackings, credible, attribution, speculation, deter, assertion, clandestine, corroborate, sheik, embassy, retrospect, disparate, credible Extension Activities: 1.
Also, given this whopper about how safety-net programs actually work, how credible was Mr. Romney's assertion, after expressing his lack of concern about the poor, that if the safety net needs a repair, "I'll fix it"?
The lawyers now appear to be hoping that, with the addition of Venezuela (which is mostly Christian) and North Korea (in thrall to a cult of personality), they can make that otherwise laughable assertion more credible.
