1.   And perhaps most strikingly, the law allows the government to detain any foreigners whom the attorney general certifies as endangering national security.

2.   And the Patriot Act, approved since the terrorist attacks, allows Attorney General John Ashcroft to detain indefinitely foreigners who are certified as endangering national security.

3.   Congress had no say last fall when immigration rules were changed to allow the attorney general to detain foreigners even after an immigration judge orders them released.

4.   Generally, the measure would grant investigators expanded authority to tap phones, access e-mail and detain foreigners suspected of terrorism.

5.   Legislation approved shortly after the attacks gives Attorney General John Ashcroft latitude in indefinitely detaining foreigners who are deemed security threats.

6.   Normally, working without papers is treated as a minor offense, for which foreigners are not detained.

7.   The measure would also tighten immigration rules, heightening border security and allowing officials to detain foreigners longer without filing formal charges against them.

8.   The Justice Department last week proposed sweeping legislation to make it easier to eavesdrop on telephone conversations and detain foreigners in order to combat terrorism.

9.   And yet Britain was the first among EU nations to seek an exception to its European obligations and detain foreigners without trial.

10.   Communist rebels warned Thursday they will seize and detain any foreigner they find conducting research work in this central Philippine island.