Sentence examples for authority operative from inspiring English sources

What threw the investigation into high gear was the recent case of the undercover Authority operative who headed for a building office to check out its elevator certificates -- as per the invitation posted in every elevator cab -- and has not been seen or heard from since.

But he insists that "the erosion of religious authority in Europe...created a European moral-cultural environment in which politics were no longer bound and constrained by a higher authority operative in the minds and consciences of leaders and populations".It's true, of course, that in different circumstances religion can either restrain the urge to fight or exacerbate it.

In 2002, agency operatives working with Pakistani authorities captured a Qaeda suspect, Abu Zubaydah, and ferried him to the C.I.A. prison in Thailand.

If faced with unavoidable capture by Sri Lankan authorities, those operatives and others purportedly committed suicide by swallowing cyanide capsules that they wore around their necks.

The answer, according to a group of Labour-controlled English authorities, could be to redefine themselves as a new type of local authority: a co-operative council.

Steve Reed, leader of Lambeth council, told Government Computing that the move was part of the local authority's co-operative council plans, which aim to "equalise" the relationship between a local authority and its residents.

The C.I.A. historically has operated its own strike teams, and it also has the authority to hire indigenous operatives to participate in its counterterrorism missions.

It is the lead local authority in the co-operative councils' 15-strong network, which launches next week.

Reed, a former council leader in Lambeth in south London, where he rebranded the authority as a "co-operative" council, insists the empowerment agenda is real, and not just a piece of local authority branding.

Hayden reassured the legislators that the language did nothing more than provide authority for Special Forces operatives on the ground in Iran to shoot their way out if they faced capture or harm.

Ross Newland, who was a senior official at the C.I.A.'s headquarters in Langley, Va., when the agency was given the authority to kill Qaeda operatives, says he thinks that the agency had grown too comfortable with remote-control killing, and that drones have turned the C.I.A. into the villain in countries like Pakistan, where it should be nurturing relationships in order to gather intelligence.