A few documents also promoted social practices reminiscent of those imposed by the Taliban, including a memo forbidding passage of vehicles carrying television sets because they might import immorality to the Ansar villages.
One of the memo's passages on public confidence rings loudly at a time when President Bush is moving to use a vote in Congress supporting an attack on Iraq as leverage to push for a tough United Nations resolution forcing President Saddam Hussein to disarm.
The timing is new, but word that Kilar was on his way out was circulating as early as August 2012, when an internal memo included a passage about transitioning to a new CEO.
In several 1983 memos, Mr. Roberts derided passage of a California law that required the order of layoffs to reflect affirmative action considerations and condemned another "staggeringly pernicious law codifying the anti-capitalist notion of 'comparable worth' (as opposed to market value) pay scales".
(Another passage in the memo, suggesting a shadow cabinet reshuffle, was removed by Miliband's chief of staff, Tim Livsey, who was furious at the suggestion).
The letter came in response to McGahn's request for the FBI and DOJ to review the Democratic memo, and argued that certain passages sparked concern about the protection of intelligence sources and methods, ongoing investigations and other sensitive information.
The refusal is an apparent blow to the Obama administration's strategy of providing more information on the Benghazi attacks to Republican senators, while withholding drone memos, meant to smooth the passage for Brennan's confirmation.
The memo describes NOM's "crucial" role in the passage of California's Proposition 8, a voter referendum that revoked the state's gay marriage law.
Quotations, relevant passages and memos regarding each topic were brought together into matrices, organised into categories and sub-categories, and analysed to identify common themes and variant views.
The memo concludes that they do not, but its most haunting passage appears in a footnote.
