Sentence examples for seeking authority for from inspiring English sources

In their filing Tuesday, Mr. Rajaratnam's lawyers argued that the government misled courts in seeking authority for the wiretaps in 2007.

Galleon had also submitted more than four million pages of documents at the S.E.C.'s behest during the investigation while the U.S. Attorney's office was seeking authority for the wiretaps, the filing claims.

Mr. Rumsfeld has been vocal in seeking authority for the Pentagon to negotiate not with numerous union locals, but at the national level, and he cites lengthy talks over punishment for civilian employees guilty of fraud.

The administration made no mention of seeking authority for the president to hit a "kill switch" that would essentially shut off access to the Internet in the event of a national emergency or a broad-based computer attack meant to shut down financial markets or power plants.

One of the biggest objections to what we now understand as the Prism and Tempora spying programmes is the way in which they were conducted around or outside statute, even while the draft communications bill seeking authority for mass on-line data gathering was dropped for lack of public and political support.

A possible route was surveyed in 1906 and a bill deposited in 1912 seeking authority for a joint Met & GCR line from Rickmansworth to Watford town centre that would cross Cassiobury Park on an embankment.

The CIA, which along with the military's special operations forces sought authority for the strike, declined to comment.

In Friday's pay report, Penny Hughes, chair of the pay committee, said RBS would be guided by "emerging market practice" in deciding whether to seek authority for 200% bonuses.

Having had a personal briefing from Scarlett, the attorney general remained unconvinced about the threat posed by Saddam, and hadn't changed his mind about needing to go back to the UN to seek authority for military action.

It also sought authority for the government to seize evidence from terrorism suspects, including DNA samples, to seize the assets of foreign governments suspected of aiding terrorists and to gain wider access to educational records and tax returns.

David Bickford told the Guardian Britain's intelligence agencies should seek authority for secret operations from a judge rather than a minister because public unease about their surveillance techniques is at an all-time high.