They have taken the extraordinary step of blocking a handful of the nominees by filibuster.
After she explained why she had taken the unusual step of blocking the extradition, May said it would be up to the director of public prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer, to decide whether or not McKinnon should face charges in the UK.
"We had to take the rather drastic step of blocking Hungary," said Mr Dixon.
That didn't appease Amazon, which then took the step of blocking Statsaholic from accessing Alexa graphs, although they left other sites doing the same thing intact.
The browser is also taking the extra step of blocking questionable Flash content, requiring users to click into it, in order to enable.
Ebay, the online auction house, took the extraordinary step of blocking out electronic inquiries from Auctionwatch.com, which aims to scour all auction sites and post prices in an overarching service.
According to executives at several major Internet providers, only the barest minimum of customers took any steps to block the disclosure of their information.
Since Sept. 11 the Bush administration has taken three public steps to block dozens of individuals, companies, charities and other organizations with Al Qaeda connections from the international banking system.
After learning of the court ruling during the day, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned that Israel would take "all the necessary steps" to block the release of Ahmed Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or P.F.L.P.
Under Nafta's rules, Mexico could take retaliatory steps that would inflict far more economic pain than Mr. Fox's warning of today -- steps like blocking imports of American goods.
A8 Critique of Mad Cow Response A French parliamentary committee issued a scathing report on the handling of the mad cow crisis over the past 10 years, accusing successive agricultural ministers of blocking precautionary steps to appease a powerful farming sector.
