That broad assertion of power, even with limits described by administration officials, combined with the initial White House refusal to release even a sanitized summary of the memo touched off protests from left and right.
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the army chief, and Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the head of the top military spy service, have urged the court to investigate the origins of the memo, which set off a political storm here since October, when it was first reported.
One suggestion, according to a copy of the memo: "Knocking copy off the record: Intransigence of Germans over regulation; no shared vision; despite LSE's flexibility and willingness to compromise".
In early February, President Trump signed off on making the memo, now causing a stir, public — against the recommendation of members of the intelligence community.
"One thing we hear from new mothers at Amazon is that they wish their spouse or partner could also take paid time off from work," the memo says.
Ultimately the strategy changed to allow things to cool off, according to the memos, and Russian operatives reportedly focused on dividing the U.S. both at the elite and voter level, hoping to create a chaotic environment in which any president would find it hard to maneuver.
If he spotted a wonky sign or scruffy poster, Pick would fire off a memo to the station manager the next morning, insisting that it be fixed.
The memo finished off by stating: "There should be no 'positive discrimination' in any new programmes," and also advised Mrs Thatcher to bar her ministers from proposing any state-funded solutions.
The memo set off an ethics scandal that reached into Tyson's executive suite and raises questions about who, if anyone, is being held accountable for high-level corporate crime.
I fill up jugs of water and alway have them in the fridge in case there's a shut off and didn't get the memo.
