Partly it seems to reflect the assessment of the security services.
But Germany has recently abandoned those restrictions, based on a new assessment of the security situation in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said.
So there are three elements: an assessment from the security services in the aftermath of Sousse; the crescendo of warnings from former top brass; and the activities of religious extremists, tracked or not by the security services, at home.
The council also asked Mr. Annan to carry out an in-depth assessment of the security situation in the hope of clearing the way for the establishment of a political peace-building mission in Somalia.
When a problem comes in the door the center's director, Kevin Kean, and his staff must swiftly make an assessment: Is the security weakness detected in a Microsoft software product only minor?
That will allow time for a team of UK aviation experts, currently travelling to Sharm, to make an assessment of the security arrangements in place at the airport and to identify whether any further action is required".
The Department of Defense's assessment of the security issue came about after prodding by Congress to include climate issues in its strategic plans — specifically, in 2008 budget authorizations by Hillary Rodham Clinton and John W. Warner, then senators.
"We have no new specific threats for Jordan," said Philip Reeker, the deputy State Department spokesman, "but this general decision results from our overall assessment of the security situation as it applies to official Americans.
But while a formal assessment of the security damage that Ms. Montes caused is continuing, several officials said there was no evidence that she was instructed to shade her analysis in order to influence policy.
"However, exceptional humanitarian cases are examined on the basis of an assessment of the security situation and at the discretion of the commander of the area," the statement added.
