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Amid disparate motives and seething grudges, mission creep set in and the coup evolved into an assassination.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
That’s because the Apple Watch—not just the Ultra—suffers from a chronic case of mission creep.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
Without aggressive oversight and vigorous protection of Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights, the IC is prone to give in to mission creep and skirt U.S. laws.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Less obvious, but just as important, was Turkey’s unease with the United States’ mission creep in Syria.
—Aaron Stein, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2019
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
That’s because the Apple Watch—not just the Ultra—suffers from a chronic case of mission creep.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
Without aggressive oversight and vigorous protection of Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights, the IC is prone to give in to mission creep and skirt U.S. laws.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Less obvious, but just as important, was Turkey’s unease with the United States’ mission creep in Syria.
—Aaron Stein, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2019
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“Mission creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20creep. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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