Word: breach
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...Even when the White House, the FBI or the intelligence agencies have acted outside of laws protecting those rights - such as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - the public has by and large shrugged and, through their elected representatives, suggested changing the laws to accommodate activities that may be in breach of them...
...comment was a less-than-subtle reference to the Popular Party's strategy, over the past four years, of harshly criticizing the government on everything from its dealings with the Basque separatist group ETA to its legalization of gay marriage. Although the election of 2004 opened a deep breach between right and left in Spanish society, Spain today is even more polarized today than it was four years...
...department declined to comment. Its report found no "serious damage to [U.S.] national security." The diplomat has had her security clearance reinstated. But insiders say the loss of documents was a serious security breach. The U.S., scrambling for leverage at a particularly delicate moment, had potentially shown its hand to Musharraf or one of many political factions trying to overthrow him. Two officials who read the report say it didn't determine who had gained access to the secrets. "One would like to believe that only airline officials saw this stuff," a senior U.S. official told TIME, but that "wouldn...
...cleaning up Lusi's mess won't be easy. In a worrying sign, heavy rains in early January caused a breach in the levees, forcing more than a hundred families to evacuate. With the government's attempts to stop or channel the mud faltering, and the tide rising by the day, the sludge that swallowed Porong could eventually threaten another quarter-million homes. Indonesia's Big Hole only gets deeper...
Ruth Owens, 57, understands this first hand. She was living on social security disability when Discover Bank sued her for breach of contract for failing to pay $5,564 in fees and interest on a $1,900 debt. In 2004, a Cleveland, Ohio municipal judge not only barred Discover from collecting any more money from Owens, but scolded Discover for its "unreasonable, unconscionable and unjust business practice...