It has even refused to acknowledge the existence of a Justice Department memo providing legal justification for killing American citizens, even though that memo has been reported by The Times and others.
In December 2003, an article in The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper, reported the existence of a handwritten memo, dated July 2001, by the chief of Iraqi intelligence that mentioned the training operations of Mohamed Atta, the man believed to have been the ringleader of the group that flew the first plane into the trade center.
The Justice Department even redacted the title of the opinion on whether the president could unilaterally ignore the debt ceiling limit, though the existence of that memo was disclosed in response to a FOIA request from Talking Points Memo in 2011.
Yahoo PR isn't saying much, other than to point out that the very existence of the memo shows that Yahoo has an open culture: "The memo itself highlights that we have an open, collaborative culture and a senior management team that is intensely committed to helping Yahoo fulfill its potential as an Internet leader".
The DHS did not deny the existence of the memo, but said it was an early draft and not seriously considered.
The DHS did not deny the existence of the memo, but said it was an early draft and not seriously considered.
Mansoor Ijaz, a United States businessman of Pakistani origin who publicized the existence of the memo, said Mr. Haqqani had asked him to have it delivered to Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in May.
Mansoor Ijaz, a United States businessman of Pakistani origin who has publicized the existence of the memo, said Mr. Haqqani asked him to have it delivered to Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in May.
The existence of the memo was reported yesterday in The Washington Post.
