Prosecutors are considering whether to expand beyond gathering evidence against abusers to encompass those who knew children were in peril but failed to protect them.
The attorney general's office began an inquiry into the $85 billion student loan industry before Mr. Cuomo took office in 2007, but his administration quickly expanded the investigation, gathering evidence that lenders had offered perks, like free trips, to college financial aid officials in exchange for directing students toward the lenders.
It also called for a substantial increase in agency staff and resources to handle these expanded data-gathering duties.
The Pentagon's expanded intelligence-gathering role, in particular, has created occasional conflicts with other federal agencies.
In addition to laws to expand intelligence gathering, measures that might be considered include better automated border and port systems, improved intelligence cooperation and increased monitoring of foreigners.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A day after five lethal bombs shook Kandahar, officials appealed Sunday to the central government to send more security forces and expand intelligence gathering in the southern province, underscoring the increasing violence and lawlessness in the city.
He said he supports the Patriot Act, a controversial bill to expand intelligence gathering signed into law in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and added that the recent attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya show the need for measures to protect the American people from terrorism.
The show's organizers have expanded their annual gathering in the last three years, offering another day for other classics to be considered for certified "Survivor" status.
Quite the contrary: even though the F4 formula has recently been tinkered with, in typical military fashion, and has now become "find, fix, finish, exploit, and analyze," or F3EA, President Obama has, by all accounts, expanded military intelligence gathering and "capture/kill" programs globally in tandem with an escalation of drone-strike operations by the CIA.
But the city is planning to hold a vigil for him on Saturday just the same, in an amphitheater that Major Taylor had expanded into a community gathering place that staged its first musical over the summer.
Our government should also have the power to expand intelligence-gathering and to detain and deport noncitizens based on their political associations and activities.
