1.   But privacy watchdogs warn that the expanded powers could be abused.

2.   But the Clinton administration is taking its lumps for its persistent embrace of expanded federal power as the cure for national ills.

3.   Civil libertarians have objected that the expanded FBI powers would increase the probability of abuses of authority.

4.   Colombian officials and indeed much of the nation endorse expanded powers for the military because guerrilla abuses are increasing.

5.   Critics of the expanded presidential power warned that it was headed for a certain showdown in the courts.

6.   Gorelick argued, however, that the expanded anti-terrorist expanded powers could be used without doing violence to constitutional liberties.

7.   Further work is still needed, especially to make sure the government does not get expanded powers to detain immigrants indefinitely.

8.   House and Senate members need to include adequate checks on whatever expanded powers they approve to prevent unwarranted intrusions and abuses against individuals engaged in legal activities.

9.   If anything, more such challenges can be expected because of the expanded power the law gives small enterprises to confront the federal bureaucracy.

10.   If the proposal is approved as expected, the prospects that Chavez will soon get the expanded powers he wants will automatically be strengthened.