1.   Free-press advocates argue that authorities cannot justify secrecy in the name of shielding relatives or in making sure that only tasteful photos get published.

2.   Kamisar said the authorities could justify questioning someone for hours or days without telling him that his family had hired a lawyer.

3.   Turkish Cypriot authorities justified the shooting by saying that Kakoulli crossed the cease-fire line into the Turkish-occupied area and ignored warning shots.

4.   French authorities justified this arguing that Aoun had been granted asylum on condition that he remain politically inactive and not make public appearances.

5.   But French authorities justified the move, saying they had originally offered Aoun asylum on condition he remain politically inactive.

6.   UN officials have said Serb authorities sometimes justify restrictions on convoy movement on grounds that heavy truck traffic in winter does road damage.

7.   The authorities have justified the move on the grounds that the first leaseholders charged excessively high rents.

8.   The authorities justify the retention of the dawn to dusk curfew by citing the security situation, but have failed to elaborate.

9.   The authorities justified the decision citing fears for public safety.