1. It is also supposed to block the secretary from taking retaliatory action against whistle-blowers.

2. The Kremlin said late on Thursday that it was considering retaliatory steps.

3. Militants have in the past carried out retaliatory attacks after the killings of other Taliban commanders.

4. An investigation would be intended to lead to retaliatory measures.

5. But the situation turned out in such a way that we had to take retaliatory measures, Medvedev said.

6. Combat action will only be of retaliatory character if rebels attack our forces, the president said.

7. An increase attacks against Sunni mosques has fed concerns about a return to retaliatory warfare.

8. Reports of retaliatory killings have already been circulating in the capital.

9. A senior administration official downplayed the possibility of a retaliatory cyber strike.

10. But on Monday, Israel acknowledged the retaliatory strikes.

11. But the commission stopped short of recommending legalizing retaliatory hacking because of the larger questions of collateral damage.