Other major companies sent what amounted to form letters, certifying they qualified for the security exception, without providing threat details.

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In Canada, the government invoked a "national security exception" for hiring firms to build a secure communications network, allowing it to block those seen as a security risk.

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Those of his interlocutors in the national security community seemed, without exception, to accept that economic threats to the United States could come from quarters not interested in monetary returns.

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The bad news for the EMC-held security company is that EMC is no exception.

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Essentially PSN security was fine, (with the exception of the clear text pw issues), but their policy to recover from a major breach was not.

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The entire report was recently approved for publication, with the exception of a few pages for those with security clearance.

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And Page and Brin may be an exception: More and more frequently, large companies are accepting security expenditures as a necessary cost of doing business.

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This exception is for income tax: it does not apply to Social Security and Medicare taxes.

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With the exception of specific instances whereby a situation might be referred to the ICC via the Security Council, the United States will not have a veto.

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