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States and the federal government should also jettison laws requiring mandatory sentences that condemn offenders to old age in prison, without regard to whether they pose a threat to the public or have the potential for rehabilitation.

Dr. Galson of the F.D.A. said that measuring minute amounts of the substances in many streams was just one of many steps toward determining whether they pose a risk to people or wildlife.

The contract, which will probably be awarded in coming days to one of three final bidders, is already generating considerable interest as federal officials try to improve significantly their ability to monitor those who enter at more than 300 border-crossing checkpoints by land, sea and air, where they are going and whether they pose a terrorist threat.

Staff members at the Energy Department say the agency's acting general counsel has asked them to prepare memorandums addressing whether the benefits of each of the rules might have been overstated or the costs understated, whether they could be considered an "overreach" and whether they pose a potential for litigation.

Further research is required to confirm whether these microorganisms are alive in tissue culture material and to elucidate whether they pose a biosecurity risk.

These reports provide indications for possible hazards that require further investigation (or possibly long-term field monitoring) to determine whether they pose a risk or translate into 'harm' in the field: no more and no less.

The study concluded that not enough was known to say whether they posed health problems.

The panels would periodically review whether they posed a continued threat or could be safely transferred to another country.

In Hungary, the deputy chair of Jobbik – the country's third biggest party – called for a national register of Jews to determine whether they posed a "national security risk": thousands of Hungarians laudably marched in disgust.

The new multilab study, published online Thursday in the journal Science, was designed to answer some of the questions about these unusual viruses and determine whether they posed a risk to the blood supply.

The 78-page investigation by the inspector general of the state department singled out several previously unknown breaches by Clinton while she was secretary of state, including the use of mobile devices to conduct official business without checking whether they posed a security risk.