It would then use a sale authorized under Section 363 of the bankruptcy code to quickly sell off the desirable assets to a new company financed by the government.
In a post on its official Tumblr, the United States' Office of the Director of National Intelligence noted that it sought and received a reauthorization of its telephony metadata program, authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Just like the National Security Agency's spy program, the bulk data collection is authorized under section 215 of the Patriot Act, is stored in a dedicated database and requires a court order to search the records.
Earlier this month, Kennedy nearly joined Democrats in blocking a hotly contested surveillance bill that extended powerful spying tools authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The government has been collecting bulk metadata since the Bush administration -- a program authorized under section 215 of the Patriot Act, which will expire on June 1.
This program is authorized under Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in order to "reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding in future disasters".
The Justice Department didn't immediately respond to VICE News' request for comment, but the government has claimed in past court documents that Upstream's warrantless surveillance is authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the ACLU contends is unconstitutional anyway.
Rather it pertains to how surveillance capabilities are authorized under the outgoing but extant framework, including via section 94 of the 1984 Telecommunications Act.
Curie was a part of the 16-boat authorized under the 1906 program.
An independent review, authorized under state law, found that Anthem had to cover the treatment.
Expenditures authorized under a national budget are divided into two main categories.
