31.   But lack of funding and personnel hampered those efforts, as did laws preventing immigration officials from sharing information with the FBI and other law enforcement authorities.

32.   But Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said the administration had not clearly defined misuse by law enforcement authorities.

33.   But the organization was known to law enforcement authorities.

34.   But they also argue that any system needs to be flexible, and they have adamantly rejected demands to set up quasi-public enforcement authorities.

35.   But what Schumer and his fellow administration apologists fail to mention is that the federal government has no enforcement authority over child abuse.

36.   By joining together and carrying out military drills, the groups hope to prepare for paramilitary resistance to federal law enforcement authorities.

37.   Carnival officials and lawyers said the company takes every allegation seriously and that it cooperates with law enforcement authorities in reporting and investigating shipboard crimes.

38.   Cisco called this idea the private doorbell, because law enforcement authorities can ring the doorbell at companies and ask for permission to tap its network.

39.   Clinton said agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were already assisting local law enforcement authorities.

40.   Clinton pardoned Rich on the last day of his administration and the congressional hearing is focusing on whether law enforcement authorities were consulted before granting the pardon.