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Robert McNamara, former defense secretary in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, participated in a panel with Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to Kennedy, Graham T. Allison, director of the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Ernest May, Warren professor of history--and whose book the Kennedy Tapes formed the basis of the movie "Thirteen Days...
...Kennedy (or Ted Sorensen, his "research assistant" and speechwriter, whom some have suspected of having been the real author of "Profiles") had, among other things, an eye for the lethal quotation. Some of the quotes still carry a deadly pertinence. I am fond of something young Senator John Quincy Adams remarked in his diary: "The country is so totally given up to the spirit of party that not to follow blindfolded the one or the other is an expiable offense... If I cannot hope to give satisfaction to my country, I am at least determined to have the approbation...
Simplicity is key, he said, quoting a maxim from John F. Kennedy's speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen: "never use two words where you can use one, and never use a two-syllable word where one will do." The speechwriter must write in the voice of the speech-giver, with a thorough understanding of his or her political position...
...have a very strong policy of maintaining the confidentiality of people who participate in studies archived here," Murray Center Director Annemette Sorensen said. "This particular file has been permanently removed, with the reason being that we cannot protect its confidentiality anymore...
Kaczynski's code name in the study--"Lawful"--has become widely known to journalists and researchers, and Sorensen said that because the Murray Center promises to maintain the confidentiality of study participants, there are no circumstances under which Kaczynski's file could be opened...