Sentences with phrase «from foreign powers»

According to the court, «in approving minimization procedures the Court is to ensure that the intrusiveness of foreign intelligence surveillances and searches on the privacy of U.S. persons is «consistent» with the need of the United States to collect foreign intelligence information from foreign powers and their agents.»

New units can also be recruited from foreign powers, including the British Royal Marines, US Marine Corps and French Marines.

The suit alleges violations of the U.S. Constitution's Emoluments Clause, which bans payments from foreign powers to government leaders to avoid any influence that could be gained from gifts and payments, via Trump's hotels and the money they receive from foreign governments.

There were staggering gaps in procedural and operational security, and the architecture of the system leaves it open to cyberattacks from foreign powers, such as Russia.

For the ancient Hebrew, so often under siege from foreign powers and alicted by apostasy from within, the promise of the Messiah was a hope and joy that sustained him throughout his difficult history.

American citizens were never collectively exploited by evil local governments or suffered directly from foreign powers» oppressions.

For Trump in particular, complete transparency could backfire by amplifying suspicion and further escalating calls for his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treason.

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The Snowden revelations are not even remotely linked to the idea that a sitting U.S. President was provided with directed intelligence intercepts from a foreign power on a current U.S. citizen circumventing the NSA, the CIA and myriad of 5 EYES joint intelligence collection and analysis efforts.

Every congressional «exception» was approved by Congress; moreover, such benefits are not from a foreign power.

Not exact matches

It's good to have a powerful financial sector in Canada to deal with foreign competition but Canadians need protection from excessive use of market power.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

This includes the power to accept all forms of electronic payments from credit cards, eCash, electronic checks, Bitcoins, and any foreign currency.

After the key capture of eastern Aleppo in late 2016, Assad and his allies have taken back one area after another from rebels who face Russian air power and lack sufficient aid from foreign states that back them only half - heartedly.

Also, under monetarism the increase in spending power derives from an injection of credit (usually foreign credit) via the capital markets.

«He should be brought back from Russia and given due process and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence for having put friends of mine, friends of yours, who serve in the military today at enormous risk because of the information he stole and then released to foreign powers,» Pompeo said on C - SPAN on Feb. 11.

To apologize for Facebook's missteps, reassure Congress that Facebook intends to stop foreign powers from using its service to meddle in American elections and detail the company's plans to better protect its users» privacy.

From what's been publicly reported about the Nunes memo, the key allegation in it is that the FBI abused its power when requesting a surveillance warrant on Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page.

The memo begins by making a grandiose claim: The FBI's use of surveillance power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 campaign was «a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the FISA process.»

Given that the US Constitution grants both Congress and the president powers to regulate foreign trade, any attempt to withdraw from the agreement would almost certainly end up in the courts.

John Quincy Adams warned of the «inevitable tendency of a direct interference in foreign wars, even wars for freedom, to change the very foundations of our own government from liberty to power.»

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In the mandarin world of foreign policy experts, a good many «realists» viewed, and still view, this initiative as an unwelcome intrusion that distracts attention from the cold calculations of power that should guide our thinking about world affairs.

about people who experience same - sex attraction trying to live a Christian life, this fuller exposition of his thought on the new ideologies presented a fascinating look into the way in which colonialism — discredited by liberals and to lesser extent many conservatives as well — has gone away from the actual military and political rule seen in previous centuries, to a stealthier and subtler form of the exertion of foreign power.

It is turning into a combination of ideological tics and irritable gestures even as the worst actors gain power.Ross Douthat argues that the Obama administration is shifting the U.S.'s foreign policy strategy from a Pax Americana model (where the U.S. uses military force to impose order) to one of offshore balancing (where the U.S. strategically sides with one local power or another while keeping U.S. commitments to a minimum).

After World War II the executive branch of government argued that it needed absolute power in foreign affairs because (1) in a nuclear age, when missiles can make the trip from Moscow to New York in 20 minutes, there is no time to consult Congress and the people, and (2) the «secret, subversive» techniques of the communists can be challenged only by subversion and secrecy on our part.

The unipolarist ideology by whatever name, adds a fourth party to the foreign - policy debate, which has otherwise involved 1) liberal internationalists, who seek world peace and stability by securing collective agreements from nation states to comply with international law; 2) realists, who seek to ensure a balance of power among competing regimes; and 3) principled anti-interventionists, who renounce the use of military force for all reasons besides self - defense.

On so many issues, from executive power to foreign policy to limited government, Krauthammer is reliable, insightful, and employs a gleefully sharp pen to eviscerate his adversaries.

Comparable are the results that may be deduced from accounts of Israel's relations with foreign powers.

«We assembled here today,» President Trump said in his inauguration speech, «are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power... From this day forward, it's going to be only America First.»

And Jesus gave expression to this devaluation in his own life: he broke the Sabbath when he felt that God bade him act; he excused his disciples (at least) from the custom of fasting; and the burning national question whether one had really to pay the poli tax to the foreign power of occupation (in Judea and Samaria) he answered in the affirmative, but he viewed it as a secular concern and pointed his questioners to the essential duty, «Give to God what belongs to him.»

The Chief Inspector's report also notes that by January 2011, over 1,600 foreign national prisoners were detained under immigration powers at the end of their custodial sentence pending deportation, with the average length of detention increasing from 143 days in February 2010 to 190 days in January 2011.

Hyperactive and multi-lateral engagement have been distinctive features of the Iranian foreign policy, particularly under Ahmadinejad, and, apart from the pro forma considerations on who holds the reign of power in Tehran, one can confidently say that there is a wide consensus (beyond the Majles) on what should be Iran's priorities, e.g. support for a sympathetic government in Damascus.

A few clear - sighted politicans at Westminster probably realise that once all four of the UK nations (ie including England) exercise extensive devolved powers, the UK becomes a federation — and a necessary consequence of that is a massive transfer of powers from Westminster to the four national parliaments and governments, leaving the House of Commons (together with the successor to the House of Lords) and the Westminster government with only very limited functions — basically foreign affairs, defence, and co-ordination of all - UK matters that transcend the borders of the four nations.

The UK is also seen as offering a welcome to infrastructure investment that delivers stable long - term returns that continues to be of great interest to China from projects regarded as too sensitive for foreign involvement by other states, such as the nuclear power industry.

With British food banks serving around a million people in a year and poverty spiralling out of control, some of Britain's poorest people may feel under attack from their own government rather than a foreign power.

The government could stop turning a blind eye to people whose wealth came from foreign corruption, such as by applying new «unexplained wealth order» powers.

Four years of a weak civilian dispensation have not seen major changes in the balance of powers between GHQ and parliament and it remains to be seen whether, in light of the deep penetration of the military into the various organs of the state, an ongoing democratic process can wrestle back the domain of foreign policy from Pakistan's generals.

Indeed Mr Sharif's proactive pursuit of peace with India became the primary reason for his forcible ouster from power by the army in October 1999 and he was subsequently imprisoned and exiled for intruding into what the army considers its exclusive foreign policy domain.

The last few years have seen Israel move more to the right politically in successive elections, the latest of which brought Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu to power in a coalition that includes the right wing foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman from Yisrael Beiteinu.

In making her submission, the minister cum queen mother stated that the encounter with the movie producers revealed power outages, competition from foreign movies, TV stations showing recently released locally made movies and piracy as being the major factors killing the movie industry as little or no return is made on investment.

We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, in every hall of power (RULE OF THREE)-- from this day on a new vision will govern our land (METAPHOR)-- from this day onwards it is only going to be America first — America first (REPETITION)!

The European superstate was born, with all the trappings of an imperial power, from a president and a foreign minister to a defence policy of its own.

A shift of power from No 10 to the great offices of state: the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary (who also would have resigned if Brown tried to move him), the Home Secretary (and heir - even - more - apparent)-- and of course the First Secretary and Grand Panjandrum, Lord Mandelson.

He says Theresa May's plan to extend her powers to take away citizenship from foreign - born terror suspects has to be weighed against the public good.

(CNN)- There is a power struggle going on about the direction of the Republican party, over everything from foreign policy, to the role of national security, to defunding Obamacare — and Texas freshman Sen. Ted Cruz is right in the thick of it.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander's attack on the «ill - judged and unwise» proposal from the European Commission's proposal to increase its annual budget by 4.9 %, which Oborne points out was exactly the «kind of profligacy» cheerfully sanctioned by Labour during its 13 years in power.

He brings firsthand experience to foreign affairs and defense issues from his service as an Army colonel — experience that allows him to speak frankly about the limits of military power and possible cuts to defense without fears of being labeled «soft on terror» or other such nonsense, which, in our increasingly veteran - light Congress, others try to insulate themselves against.

I am not referring to major or cataclysmic events which also had the imprint and involved the input of numerous foreign and domestic intelligence and security agencies like the murder of General Aguiyi - Ironsi in 1966 and the coming to power of Lt. Col. (as he then was) Jack Yakubu Gowon or the murder of General Murtala Mohammed in 1976 and the coming to power of General Olusegun Obasanjo or again the murder of General Sani Abacha and Chief MKO Abiola in 1998 which led to the release from prison and the second coming to power of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

«The British people deserve the facts and transparency on just what they were told during the referendum and since, and the role others clearly have played in trying to influence the agenda — from secretive interest groups to foreign powers — and ultimately they have the right to change their mind on the way forward.»