The phrase "authority to target" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or power is granted to identify or focus on a specific subject or group.
Example: "The committee has the authority to target specific areas for improvement in the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "permission to focus" or "power to identify".
So, for now, Trump has no legal authority to target Assad.
It argues that wartime legal authority to target enemies extends to Yemen given the circumstances of Al Qaeda activities there.
Since January, the US military in Afghanistan has had greater authority to target people who have an affiliation with Isis, a military spokesman said.
Detail of Section 702 of the Fisa Amendments Act (FAA), which gives the NSA authority to target without warrant the communications of foreign targets.
"This significantly expands Treasury's authority to target those who enable this regime … wherever they are located," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
The regulations also say for the first time that religion must not harm national security, which could give security services in China greater authority to target spiritual groups with ties overseas.
The insights of this study could support food authorities to target their attention to specific groups of FSE and enhance supporting activities.
The United States withdrew from Cuba in 1961, following an embrace by Fidel Castro of the Soviet leadership and a decision by US authorities to target the nascent communist government.
One of the bill's provisions called for immigration authorities to target for arrest only those undocumented immigrants who recently arrived in the country.
And in May, GRU hackers sent spear fishing emails which impersonated Swiss federal authorities to target OPCW employees directly and thus OPCW computer systems.
Instead of singling out the thousands of humble rickshaw pullers working in Delhi the court told authorities to target private cars, largely owned by the city's booming middle classes, instead and to consider introducing a congestion fee.
