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- noun Plural form of
surveillance .
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Examples
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It argues that “in excepting national security surveillances from the Act’s warrant requirement Congress recognized the President’s authority to conduct such surveillances without prior judicial approval.”
Think Progress » Wash. Times Pushes Surveillance Myths As “News” 2005
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Nor did accompanying media revelations about the FBI having improperly conducted surveillances of an antiwar rally in Pittsburgh; the Catholic Worker peace magazine; a Quaker activist, the Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh, of members of the environmental group Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and of a small student group of anti-war activists in Iowa City, Iowa who were targeted for 9 months in 2008.
Coleen Rowley: Inspector General Criticism Doesn't Faze FBI Raids on Midwestern Anti-war Activists Coleen Rowley 2010
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The FBI alleges electronic surveillances and searches turned up blog postings and journals expressing his desire for jihad and martyrdom.
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South Coast on May 13 cited the company for violating air quality laws, noting the district has responded to more than 215 complaints and conducted more than 70 field investigations, site inspections and surveillances since learning of Mecca's problems in December.
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South Coast on May 13 cited the company for violating air quality laws, noting the district has responded to more than 215 complaints and conducted more than 70 field investigations, site inspections and surveillances since learning of Mecca's problems in December.
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South Coast on May 13 cited the company for violating air quality laws, noting the district has responded to more than 215 complaints and conducted more than 70 field investigations, site inspections and surveillances since learning of Mecca's problems in December.
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Nor did accompanying media revelations about the FBI having improperly conducted surveillances of an antiwar rally in Pittsburgh; the Catholic Worker peace magazine; a Quaker activist, the Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh, of members of the environmental group Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and of a small student group of anti-war activists in Iowa City, Iowa who were targeted for 9 months in 2008.
Coleen Rowley: Inspector General Criticism Doesn't Faze FBI Raids on Midwestern Anti-war Activists Coleen Rowley 2010
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South Coast on May 13 cited the company for violating air quality laws, noting the district has responded to more than 215 complaints and conducted more than 70 field investigations, site inspections and surveillances since learning of Mecca's problems in December.
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That being said, the Department of Justice believes that Congress can legislate in the area of physical searches as it has done with respect to electronic surveillances, and we are prepared to support appropriate legislation.
Continetti Redux 2008
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They talked about Royce, talked about him a lot, especially on long surveillances, either speculating about his past or cracking on his legend—but tradecraft discussions were for some reason taboo.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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