The Federation authorities no longer concern themselves merely with doubling guards and increasing watch patrols.

How noble, that is if Federation authorities share your views.

These individuals will therefore, in the eyes of Federation authorities, be strongly suspected of treason.

He would have to devise a way to extract the information he needed from the Federation authorities.

"I can arrange for your transport beyond the reach of the Federation authorities."

If we have Federation authority to ask the questions, the answers are also authorized by the Federation.

Instead, he would have given the globe to Federation authorities directly for testing far, far away from any inhabited area.

The Federation authorities assumed tight control over our work and placed a strict security blanket over everything.

We are a closed world, having little contact with Federation authority.

And since non-Federation ships are immune from search by Federation authorities, they don't have to stop at the legal stuff.