"It all comes down to whether the president finds something funny," said the adviser familiar with the long process of vetting likely jokes.
In an unusually detailed letter to fans dated Thursday, Howard Weitzman, the lawyer, explained an exhaustive process of vetting the authenticity of the vocals on "Breaking News".
Michael Whyland, the spokesman for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, who represents Manhattan, said the speaker was "still in the process of vetting the bill".
What we do know is that a Washington lawyer has begun the archaic process of "vetting" ten candidates as if some secrets from their past might be more important to their reception than the pose they strike in public.
The process of vetting new candidates for partner and deciding which existing partners must go began in earnest in recent weeks, according to people with knowledge of the process, which takes place every two years.
Mr Mann told the Sunday Times that he felt the contest was "totally out of control", and was insistent that acting leader Ms Harman should step in and ensure a more rigorous process of vetting new applications could be implemented.
One Middle Eastern diplomat who has dealt extensively with the C.I.A. on the issue said that Mr. Petraeus's goal was to oversee the process of "vetting, and then shaping, an opposition that the U.S. thinks it can work with".
For starters, this means that the whole process of vetting a nonfiction book is essentially meant to protect against legal action, mostly libel suits, as well as copyright and trademark violations and negligence, i.e., making sure that a recipe in a cook book wouldn't kill anyone who tries it.
During the process of vetting potential database partners, he said, the company was forced to reject several companies because they did not meet Plaxo's security standards.
Among them: ensure investigators are better trained and experienced in financial activities, have better communication with fellow staffers, have access to better data and have a better process of vetting complaints to make sure credible tips don't fall by the wayside.
