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...Saddam, even if he wasn't involved in 9/11, should be a target in the war on terror. What linked Saddam with Islamic terrorist groups, Frum thought, was their hatred of Western democracy. In that way, they were similar to the Axis powers of World War II. In his memo to Gerson, Frum called Iraq part of "an axis of hatred," but Iraq was the only member singled out at that point...
...forceful role at Bertelsmann by, for example, implementing the "fundamental principles of a humanistic corporate leadership," which in practice means avoiding layoffs whenever possible and managing by consensus rather than confrontation. The statements appeared to undermine current management, which has publicly expressed its irritation. CEO Gunter Thielen sent a memo to all Bertelsmann employees stressing that under German law, the executive board members--not the shareholders--are responsible for the management of the company...
...wear-and-tear on existing satellites - which one source said are already operating as much as 20% below their original image-gathering capacity - and reserve time for intelligence needs, CIA Director George Tenet last June ordered that virtually all government mapping be done with commercial imagery. In a memo whose tone sources interpreted as reflecting an urgent situation, Tenet ordered that government spy satellites "only be tasked under exceptional circumstances" for mapping...
More recently, in a February memo Lewis wrote to those heading up the curricular review—including Summers and Kirby—he offered a scathing indictment of the view that increasing intellectual rigor ought to be the priority in revamping the College experience...
...Harvard’s policies and procedures for initiating, fully investigating, and adjudicating other forms of discrimination, even between peers, demand nothing more from students than the word of the victim,” Murphy’s memo read...