The document is brief but revealing, telling the story of a small-market team that benefits enormously from the league's huge television deals and the devotion of its fans.
The document is brief - it runs to fewer than 40 pages - but it certainly packs a punch, setting out a template for how the service in England needs to change over the next five years.
All the officials who described the assessment said they had read the document or had been briefed on its findings.
The meetings were also confirmed by documents, people who have been briefed said.
Republicans claim that Holder misled Congress by initially claiming he knew nothing about it, only to admit later documents showed he had been briefed about it.
The opposition leader told Guardian Australia the documents revealed that "despite being briefed several times over several months, the minister was completely indifferent to what was going on". "He knew about it.
U.S. officials said the document would first need to be briefed to Obama before it is shared with Trump.
"He wasn't just a figurehead," said one American official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, who had been briefed on the documents.
All said they had read or been briefed on the documents, but they insisted on anonymity, saying they did not want to overshadow recent comments by Mr. Powell and President Bush.
WASHINGTON, July 25 (AP) — Documents indicate that eight Congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony on Tuesday by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
Were they lying, or are they now bending the law to hide the truth?" The Republican case is that Holder misled Congress last year when he said he was unaware of Fast and Furious, but documents released later showed he had been briefed on it.
