The substandard management of the program may be endangering security, some contend.
Like their allies in Scotland, activists here have been accused of endangering security and the economy.
Rather than endangering security, it would enhance it by starting to repair some of the damage of the past 14 years.
"You cannot endanger security for the sake of freedom and you cannot endanger freedom for the sake of security," Mr. Khatami said.
Stephen DeNigris, the lawyer for the union, the Fraternal Order of Police, said the General Services Administration, which has jurisdiction over the officers, was endangering security at federal sites.
Russia said the test breached a United Nations Security Council resolution and would "endanger security and stability in the region," according to the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
But the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, said the United States should "recalibrate" its aid to make its unhappiness clear but not endanger security needs like priority passage through the Suez Canal in a crisis.
2. David A. Kaplan of Fortune magazine, who teaches First Amendment law at New York University, says the press should stop whining: "From the government's perspective, lawlessness is a bad thing, and disclosure of secrets can endanger security.
"Such radical intervention would lead to less competition and endanger security of supply in the end," E.ON claimed.
