By their account, an American captain and his men were visiting the checkpoint to discuss a possible security lapse there.
When Philipp Hildebrand, the central-bank boss, resigned in January over a currency trade by his wife, public concern centred on his possible lapse of judgment, not the privacy breach that revealed it (the trade was leaked by an employee at a private bank).
"The point is, the hard work on this has been done," he added, while warning about the possible lapse in the Patriot Act on 1 June.
Indeed, the popularity she has enjoyed in the polls during much of her term dropped in recent weeks, as Republicans in Washington have intensified an investigation into possible lapses at the State Department that may have left an American diplomatic station in Benghazi, Libya, vulnerable to a deadly attack last year.
The DOH Police Department investigated unusual work practices, breaches of confidentiality, and safety issues with an eye to possible lapses in security.
Choose one and write an article that explores possible lapses by one or both of the agencies and how these lapses were dealt with at the time.
One American official cautioned against taking this or other possible lapses as proof of a cover-up.
It was culinary chaos as owners, managers and chefs searched through computers for Professor Flynn's reservations or credit card records, reviewed menus and produce deliveries for possibly spoiled food, and questioned kitchen workers about possible lapses, all spurred by what both the university and the professor now concede was the business school study from hell.
Federal and Congressional investigators are examining possible lapses and misconduct in meat safety regulation in New York and New Jersey, federal officials say.
Like other critics, she pointed to possible lapses in food quality, citing incidents of Chinese companies that illegally added chemicals like clenbuterol to their meat and the images of thousands of dead hogs floating down the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
The British government says its proposed new law will close several loopholes and make prosecutions easier.American prosecutors have made it clear that they will be more lenient with firms that confess possible lapses, rather than waiting to be caught.
