The new orders were issued after months of debate inside the Bush administration about whether to authorize a ground campaign inside Pakistan.
In 1999, the Florida Legislature extensively amended the contest statute to specify the grounds authorized for contesting an election and to set up a time frame for contests.
The lieutenant testified that he arrived at the scene, found Mr. Johnson on the ground and authorized charging him with possession of a loaded weapon and robbery, although no weapon was ever found and there was no evidence of a robbery.
In February, acknowledging the frayed relationship between the city and the union, and the improbability of reaching a middle ground, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo authorized Mr. King to impose a plan of his own if the two sides failed to come to a compromise by the end of May.
However it was not until 30 June, following a sobering report on the military situation from MacArthur, that Truman finally authorized the use of ground forces.
A rental building with 600 to 700 units had been planned but stalled, although according to someone with knowledge of the plans who was not authorized to speak publicly, ground-breaking is anticipated for the middle of 2011.
Indeed, the judge has made a point of questioning witnesses about whether some searches went beyond what the police are authorized to conduct without further grounds for suspicion.
As the trial over the New York Police Department's use of the stop-and-frisk tactic enters its fourth week, Judge Scheindlin has made a point of questioning witnesses about whether officers limited their frisking to external pat-downs or engaged in searches far more intrusive than the police are authorized to conduct without further grounds for suspicion.
While senator Jeff Merkely of Oregon dramatically waved his phone at Alexander during a June hearing – "What authorized investigation gave you the grounds for acquiring my cellphone data," Merkely asked – the NSA has typically spoken in generic terms about needing the "haystack" of information from Americans it considers necessary to suss out terrorist connections.
Though the new investigation is just now under way, Mr. Baltiansky said the government was convinced that the tank crew and the commanders who authorized the attack had legitimate grounds to believe that they were witnessing preparations for a missile attack.
