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"It could be an annual appropriation. It could be an appropriation and authorizing law, but Congress will have authorized that expenditure."

I'm in possession of a document personally signed by J. Edgar Hoover authorizing electronic surveillance on my mother's apartment in Baltimore in 1950.

Some consumer advocates are calling for a more sweeping approach, amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require banks to reimburse consumers who are duped into authorizing payments to scammers.

Workers had voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike, paving the way for what could have been the first major work stoppage at the Anaheim park in 40 years.

The announcement comes nearly a year after more than 30,000 union members voted 98% in favor of authorizing a strike while bargaining for a new Interactive Media Agreement.