Sentence examples for vague authorization from inspiring English sources

In the statute, lawmakers maintained that they were codifying existing legal authority to detain Al Qaeda suspects indefinitely, as the United States had been doing since 2001 based on the vague authorization by Congress to "use military force" against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and those who helped them.

Strikes can be held, but only with advance permission, and the authorities can deny authorization on the vague pretense of protecting state security.

But it presents another problem: the legal status of various foreign conflicts is murky, largely because of the mutual indulgence of Congress and the White House and their vague reliance on a 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force.

A big part of the problem is that the authorization to use military force is too vague.

In a letter he sent to Senate Majority and Minority leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid last August, when the provision was still part of the intelligence authorization bill, Beckerman said it "creates a dangerously broad and vague reporting requirement that would subject millions of innocent users to unreasonable government surveillance".

Maddeningly vague?

Very vague".

(1) Specific statutory authorization.

But they have official authorization.

Acting without official authorization, Maj.

Vague versus vaguer.