The offer to the American administration was made in an unsigned memo, which Mr Haqqani denies writing.

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After writing part of your memo and hitting save, the new document would be saved to your personal files on the cloud, not on your laptop.

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Though Isgur didn't have check-writing authority, he simply sent a memo, which O'Quinn signed off on and then faxed to his accountants, who cut the checks.

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