Institutional Memory News Today

During the Board of Visitors Friday morning meeting, Vice President for Access and Enrollment Management Donna Harper announced her retirement after nearly 50 years with JMU.

The sighting of a photo in our Throwback Thursday column sparked lots of memories for one of our readers, writes Jo Kerrigan

Surprising. we didnt realize that was going to happen before. its hard to get upset you dont have a lot of publicity when they werent allowed in. it was a tough week. the president is getting ready to leave on an extended vacation tomorrow in his resort in new jersey, and a lot of people are saying why did it happen now because next week is the date you mentioned that dan coats is leaving and sue gordon chose to leave on that day, knowing she was not going to get the top job or acting top job. >...

To happen before. its hard to get upset you dont have a lot of publicity when they werent allowed in. it was a tough week. the president is getting ready to leave on an extended vacation tomorrow in his resort in new jersey, and a lot of people are saying why did it happen now because next week is the date you mentioned that dan coats is leaving and sue gordon chose to leave on that day, knowing she was not going to get the top job or acting top job. >> jeremy, given your experience at the cia, ...

Have a lot of publicity when they werent allowed in. it was a tough week. the president is getting ready to leave on an extended vacation tomorrow in his resort in new jersey, and a lot of people are saying why did it happen now tomorrow to his resort in new jersey, and a lot of people are saying why did it happen now because next week is the date you mentioned that dan coats is leaving and sue gordon chose to leave on that day, knowing she was not going to get the top job or not even get the ac...

Presidents motivation being called into question by his critics? >> its one of the challenges. they talk about motivations rather than the actual conduct. the president has every reason and right in this case to question why these people still have clearances if they have no need. >> eric: some would say they can get advice and rely on their experience, institutional memory. >> this is important and lets understand, one, you can give advice based on history without a clearance and you can review...

Does their institutional memory suddenly fall out of their ears? it doesnt. if their advice, if their counsel is requested by their successor in this administration, i can guarantee you, judge, nobody wants to ask john brennans advice because he vote you had to are the communist in 1976 and is he still doing the work of putin. if they want to talk to him, they can invite him back. he can sit in a scif he can tell you back in 1980 whatever the clearance is irrelevant to the question of institutio...