1. Posing the question, "Was the bar lowered to recruit female or minority candidates?"
2. Stating that I did not have an answer to that question.
3. Suggesting that the author believed the answer to that question was "yes."
4. Asserting that it was not wrong for the author to dispute the merit of policies that he believed had lowered the bar in question.
5. Disputing the idea that the original memo was "aggressive."
1. Posing the question, "Was the bar lowered to recruit female or minority candidates?"
2. Stating that I did not have an answer to that question.
3. Suggesting that the author believed the answer to that question was "yes."
4. Asserting that it was not wrong for the author to dispute the merit of policies that he believed had lowered the bar in question.
5. Disputing the idea that the original memo was "aggressive."