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The former official said Mr. Rodriguez decided in November 2005 that he had sufficient authority to destroy the interrogation videos, based on the written authorization given to him from lawyers within the branch, then known as the Directorate of Operations.

Kirsten Hopkins's petulant Irene unfortunately lacks sufficient authority to qualify as a bona fide Broadway diva.

The U.N. must not participate in a process that fails to grant an independent prosecutor sufficient authority to issue indictments.

"The Oversight Council described in the administration's proposal currently lacks sufficient authority to effectively address systemic risks," Ms. Bair said.

The court found that he had never held sufficient authority to issue orders to commit the crimes in question.

We would welcome the appointment of a Palestinian prime minister with sufficient authority to put an end to terrorism and consolidate necessary reforms.

The White House had previously endorsed provisions of a rival Senate bill that would provide a national intelligence director with far more sweeping authority over budgets and personnel of the nation's 15 spy agencies, saying that the House bill would not give the intelligence director "sufficient authorities to manage the intelligence community effectively".

Team members who lack sufficient authority tend to avoid responsibility rather than rising up to meet it, primarily due to fear of failure.

Nobody seemed to have sufficient authority or self-confidence to give you an answer.

At issue has been a legitimate demand by the U.N. that the tribunal include a foreign prosecutor with sufficient independent authority to issue indictments.

Although it is technically true that the United Nations already has sufficient legal authority to deal with Iraq, the failure to act when Saddam Hussein ejected the inspectors has weakened that authority.