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Originally Posted by SpitfireIX
If "mock-victims" were also intended in the first option, then why would they not mention that detail?
You are further assuming that the authors felt the need to flesh out each point in exactly the same detail...
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I kinda hate to get involved in this again, but the point raised above is literally within my area of expeience.
In project engineering, we use a Capital Deployment Process that carries projects from inception through completion in a staged manner.
Stage 1 is to recognize some sort of need and set a goal which meets that need.
Stage 2 is to Generate Options to achieve that goal. This is the brainstroming part, where all sorts of screwball ideas are generated - with no critical comments allowed - and listed. After that, you narrow the options by discarding those that don't meet the goal or are just too screwball.
The Northwoods memo reads exactly like a Stage 2 memo. There would be very few details at Stage 2; those would come later after selecting the options to pursue and "flesh out" (Stage 3, Detail the Option). Any details mentioned at Stage 2 are, of course, subject to change.