Sentence examples for approved tactics from inspiring English sources

While any inquiry into the previous administration's lawless and brutal torture policies and practices constitutes progress, this long-overdue investigation should not be limited to "rogue" C.I.A. personnel and others who merely went too far in carrying out approved tactics in the field.

Following the pattern, they are objecting to the latest secret memos supporting torture without mentioning that their own so-called torture bill approved tactics like water boarding.

"Rather than using communication skills and approved tactics to de-escalate tense encounters with members of the community, these officers immediately turned to a prohibited and dangerous physical act to try to control the situation," the report said.

The inspector general also pointed to two situations in which a C.I.A. interrogator carried out preparations for a mock execution of Mr. Nashiri in an effort to frighten him into talking, which the report characterized as the "most significant" example of a detainee who was brutalized in ways that went beyond the Bush administration's list of approved tactics.

Hendrix biographer Steven Roby mentions that Alex Constantine, writing in The Covert War Against Rock, quoted a leaked United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence memorandum that detailed approved tactics designed to destabilize "politically attuned musicians" during the late 1960s.

I gave out disinformation -- an approved tactic in the government -- because the people can't handle the truth".

If the merger between Comcast and NBC is to be approved, these tactics must be put off limits.

France's marshal Maurice de Saxe and Austria's Guido von Starhemberg approved his tactics; but most other authorities disagreed, and Folard died in obscurity.

The plans were not, therefore, put into effect and there is no suggestion local politicians were informed of or approved these tactics.

This week, the top security advisers to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved new tactics intended to deter suicide bombers, and the army appeared today to be stepping up its efforts to put them into practice.

Before prosecutors approve such tactics, the previously undisclosed guidelines require that they consider whether an operation identifies a "clearly defined" objective, whether it is truly necessary, whether it targets "significant criminal actors or entities," and other factors, the officials said.