The prime minister has given us an insufficient basis to know whether what he authorised was legal or not," he said.
NS: But part of what was authorised was an offensive as well as a defensive unit, and that was unlawful, was it not?
But the newly combined force is still only about two-thirds of what was authorised by the UN security council in April.
Her comments were made in light of the recent CIA torture report that accused the agency of using shocking torture techniques that went beyond what was authorised by the US Justice Department.
But that, in the majority's view, is what the text authorises.
Spending in the Mexico state governor's race is "clearly beyond what the law authorises," says Luis Rubio, the head of CIDAC, a think-tank.
"The army would do what the government authorises it to do," says Nishat Ahmed, a retired general, "nothing more, nothing less".Approval, though, is not the same as guidance.
So far, we have no idea what Kennedy was authorised to do, or for that matter what the police are generally in the habit of authorising when it comes to embedding undercover officers for such long periods of time.
Only government officials, custody officers, and a select group of experts know what ministers have authorised.
Black said junior officers should not be made scapegoats or prosecuted for doing what they were authorised to do by their superiors.
