He announced a modest trade enforcement action on steel and aluminum and declared it a "trade war" ― something both "good" and "easy to win".
The harms to individuals — invasions of their privacy, the risks of false positives in DNA matches — outweigh the modest benefits to law enforcement.
The 23 executive actions Mr. Obama signed on Wednesday were largely modest initiatives to toughen enforcement of existing laws and to encourage federal agencies and state governments to share more information.
This is partly a matter of resources: for this coming budget year, the Obama administration is seeking a modest increase of $15 million for enforcement of both the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family Medical Leave Act.
In a statement, Mr. Freis said the network took into account "the exceptional benefit to law enforcement and the modest cost to industry," and would consult with both groups "as this rule moves forward".
What is taking place and what the police and their supporters are largely reacting to is a modest push for sensible law enforcement reforms from groups as diverse as Campaign Zero, Koch Industries, the Cato Institute, The Leadership Conference, and the ACLU (my employer).
Dropbox, in addition to the release of its modest number of non-law-enforcement requests for data, published a set of what it describes as "principles" regarding how it will handle government data requests.
But the disruption was modest in scale, thanks to law enforcement officers — who worked to keep antagonists apart — and some conscientious demonstrators who took it upon themselves to help police the crowd.
With advocates for immigrant rights protesting outside, the Legislature voted Wednesday to make modest changes to the state's immigration enforcement law, the nation's most far-reaching.
Despite all the hoopla, the number of SEC enforcement actions has risen a modest 19% over five years, to 574 in 2006.
