Sentence examples for if he authorised from inspiring English sources

The White House is now under intense pressure to reveal how much President Obama knew about the surveillance operations targeting world leaders, or indeed if he authorised any of them himself.

Asked if he had authorised the use of the technique in the interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Bush answered: "Damn right!" "We capture the guy, the chief operating officer of al-Qaida, who kills 3,000 people.

In addition, he authorised strikes "if necessary" to help Iraqi government forces break the siege at Mount Sinjar and rescue the trapped civilians.

It was then that I asked if he would authorise me as his biographer.

Asked if he would authorise the "mass shredding" of such files, he said bluntly: "I would expect to keep it".

The Guardian has repeatedly put a number of questions about the renditions to Straw, asking whether he authorised the operations and, if not, which minister was responsible; the former foreign secretary has repeatedly declined to answer.

Hague says he authorised the mission.

Last month he authorised Cubans to buy and sell homes and cars.

After arm-twisting by the United States, he authorised a new term on April 23rd.

In July 1963, he authorised the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem, who was in the event murdered.

Just this year we have the different admissions by President Bush that he authorised waterboarding," he said.