Sentence examples for power of security from inspiring English sources

A major constraint the two countries have faced in normalizing relations has been the power of security hawks on both sides, and especially in Pakistan.

In 2014, Parke was the sole voice of major party dissent during lower house debate on a bill to increase the power of security agencies.

A separate article noted that the United States Congress expanded the power of security agencies to monitor Americans' e-mail and Internet activities in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, and it accused Mrs. Clinton of preaching a double standard by criticizing China's limitations on Internet freedoms.

Parke, a former UN lawyer, has been a frequent critic of the positions adopted by Australia's main political parties on asylum seeker policy and laws increasing the powers of security agencies in the name of counter-terrorism.

The bill to be proposed on Tuesday by the Democratic leaders of the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees would impose more controls over the powers of security agency, including quarterly audits by the Justice Department inspector general.

The federal government has proposed a series of changes to national laws to increase the powers of security agencies and make it easier to detain and prosecute suspected foreign fighters and supporters.

Australia's terrorism alert level has remained at "high", the second-most serious level, since last year when the government began a series of legislative changes to expand the powers of security agencies and committed to airstrikes against Isis in Iraq.

Then and now, the efforts to reinforce legal powers of security agencies and curtail the freedoms of citizens were accompanied by statements from policymakers describing the threat in blood-curdling terms.

Related: Wide-ranging snooper's charter to extend powers of security services As the government confirmed in the Queen's speech that it had put on hold plans to replace the act with a British bill of rights, senior party figures called for a major rewriting of the Tory proposals that were drawn up last year.

"The power of the security organizations in general is reducing," he said.

But if he has the information and the power of the security services at his back, they have the money.