Thiessen notes but does not rely on the more aggressive claims made in the (in famous 2002 John Yoo/Jay Bybee "Standards" memo, in which the OLC authors argued for expansive Commander in Chief powers, including the claim that the Constitution would permit the president to trump torture laws if necessary for national security.
The umpire John Hirschbeck told The Associated Press that if he had applied the standard of the memo in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series last October, he would have been forced to eject Clemens after Clemens threw a fastball high and inside to Seattle's Alex Rodriguez in the first inning.
The memo says the standard burden of proof used in United States criminal courts -- "beyond a reasonable doubt" -- has been replaced with the requirement that the U.S.A.D.A. prove doping "to the comfortable satisfaction" of the panel hearing the case.
"Recommending an award that contains a letter of support signed by the same program officer appears to be a violation of ethical standards," the memo notes.
Despite extensive coverage, there has been no suggestion that Damore was attempting to organize a union; nor is it likely that a single, internal memo would meet the standard of a "concerted activity" to improve the workplace.
Mr. Comey's memos were not the standard forms that F.B.I. agents use to summarize the facts of interviews they conduct, called FD-302s, or 302s in bureau parlance.
Noodles that met the standard tended to "degrade easily," according to the memo.
Nancy Temple's e-mail message was not a crime: she was giving bona fide legal advice to a client who was writing a standard file memo, the kind of advice lawyers routinely give.
Steve Bell, a former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee who is now with the Bipartisan Policy Center, said the programs identified in the memo are standard targets for Republican budget-cutters but of little significance in the government's financial picture.
Last month, the standards editor at The New York Times wrote a memo that shocked — shocked!
