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Concerned about increasing criticism of the surveillance program, the FBI sent agents to library associations urging them to be aware of manipulative counter-intelligence agencies. The supposed Soviet campaign, the FBI wrote in an in-house memo, could not go "unchallenged...
...McCain last May, Gray referred to this unprecedented intervention as "tantamount to an attempt to subvert the regulatory process," and subsequently branded DeConcini a "consummate liar" for not admitting that he attempted to cut a deal for Keating. His charge was buttressed when the Arizona Republic published a confidential memo prepared by DeConcini's staff for the meeting listing Keating's bargaining positions...
Pauley's departure is the latest in a series of jolts to NBC's once happy morning family. The turmoil began early this year with the leaking of an internal memo in which Gumbel bluntly criticized several of his Today colleagues, notably weatherman Willard Scott. Egos were still being massaged when the show went through a behind-the-scenes shake-up: NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol was given new responsibilities as the executive in charge of Today, an unusual and controversial appointment for someone outside the News division. Then came Norville's unseating of veteran John Palmer as anchor...
Such conflicts crop up in some of the most basic rituals of working life. "If an American wants an answer, he'll pick up the phone," says Kai Lindholst, a managing partner of Egon Zehnder, an international consulting firm. "A European will write a memo. The phone call will seem overly aggressive and pushy to the European manager, but the American needs to convey a greater sense of urgency because competition in the U.S. is so tough...
Many Alaskans were outraged last week when a leaked Exxon memo suggested that the company might walk away from the job after work halts for the winter on Sept. 15. But in testimony before a House subcommittee, W.D. Stevens, president of Exxon's U.S. operations, said the company would comply with any "reasonable request" from the Coast Guard to resume the cleanup next spring...