Much of the report's vulnerabilities are buried in the footnotes, which is a common legal writing tactic.
Marable studied the Autobiography manuscript "raw materials" archived by Haley's biographer, Anne Romaine, and described a critical element of the collaboration, Haley's writing tactic to capture the voice of his subject accurately, a disjoint system of data mining that included notes on scrap paper, in-depth interviews, and long "free style" discussions.
To avoid potential opposition, he remained a "decision-avoider, not a decision-maker," Mr. Ross wrote, "all tactics and no strategy".
In 1954, Professor Keeton wrote "Trial Tactics and Methods" (Little, Brown and Company), which offered practical courtroom advice rather than legal theory.
The report also indicates that the increased presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan may have prompted the Taliban to resort to its more dangerous tactics, writing that "the shift in the Taliban's greater use of murder and intimidation tactics reflects an insurgency under the pressure of a more substantive coalition military campaign".
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