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...what “The Thinker” might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled, “Faculty Diversity: Research Agenda.”The topic was benign enough, but the president??s demeanor suggested this would be no ordinary academic recitation, recalled two people who saw and overhead him out in the hallway. He looked uneasy, they said, and was still jotting down notes in the few minutes before he spoke.By every indication, Summers knew he was flirting with...
...National Security Agency. In particular, the law professors took issue with two of the administration’s claims—that the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) implicitly authorized domestic spying and that a prohibition on domestic spying without a warrant impinges upon the president??s authority as commander-in-chief. In addition, the professors argued that the spying program could violate the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. The professors also argued that the AUMF’s authorization of spying was implicit at best, while the 1987 Foreign Intelligence...
...letter was carefully worded,” said one of the sources, who was familiar with the internal strategy of the president??s office at the time. “It tried to be conciliatory, but nobody in Mass. Hall thought it was strong enough...
...higher education policy and arguably Summers’ closest adviser; Marc Goodheart, secretary to the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board; Jason M. Solomon ’93-’95, then Summers’ chief of staff; and Lucie McNeil, then the president??s press secretary. (Solomon and McNeil both stepped down before the end of the school year, citing reasons unrelated to the controversy. Spencer has since been promoted to a newly created position, vice president for policy.) All of them, to varying degrees, urged Summers to capitulate, the sources said...
...wording of that letter, like his reply to the committee on Tuesday, had been carefully vetted by Summers and his staff in Mass. Hall, who reviewed and debated several drafts before it was released, according to two sources who were informed of the discussions in the president??s office at the time...