Sentence examples for security excuse from inspiring English sources

"Bull!" a woman in the crowd exclaimed, as others groaned at the national security excuse cited by more hawkish lawmakers.

The why of all this anti-encryption rhetoric is the usual 'national security' excuse, with Cameron arguing that U.K. intelligence agencies must be able to access user data "in extremis" — to order to track down potential terrorists.

They use the "security excuse" which is BS.

The courts must establish that Trump's 'national security' excuse is not a blank check, allowing for serial violations of the Constitution.

Should the judges accept Trump's 'national security' excuse for unconstitutional acts, it will embolden him to push for a much greater power grab.

While the NSA insists it surveils international corporations only to find early signs of international terrorism and economic crisis, the "national security" excuse starts to wear thin when the tactics are indistinguishable from those used for corporate espionage and criminal hacking.

The defense lawyers — Peter E. Quijano, Michael K. Bachrach and Gregory Cooper — said in the document that they expected the government to "rely on national security to excuse its conduct".

Excuses that can be seen as negative to your existing job and security or excuses that can be discovered as lies should be avoided: Jail time.

The government often cites national security as an excuse for this sort of thing.

Can the threat to security be an excuse for government attempts to muzzle the media?

"This bill uses Internet security as an excuse to take discriminatory steps against Chinese companies," he said.