As for the Revelations about paramilitary infiltration of politics, the officials argue that these have come to light only because of the climate of greater security in the country.

至于那些被揭露出的、准军事组织对政界的渗透，官方辩称，这些事被公诸于众，仅仅是因为国家内部有着更为安定的气氛。

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These Americans and Britons, say Iraqi officials, deliberately delay harmless supplies, ostensibly because they might have some improbable military purpose.

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While firms acting alone can do things that undermine competition, it is far more likely that these cases come about because competitors have protested against vigorous competition by industry leaders and urged government officials to step in to hold the leaders back.

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As a result, the National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust tightened access to these collections of DNA. The scientific community protested, but officials felt they had no choice because participants had been explicitly promised anonymity, said Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH.

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