Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
16 Greentree, who at the time was a staff member of the United
17 States Embassy in El Salvador, testifies that he obtained this
18 copy of the Saravia diary at that time. I won't summarize the
19 declaration further, except to point out that there are two
20 versions of the diary.
21 And Professor Karl, this afternoon, will testify a
22 bit about the version of the diary that Todd Greentree --
23 THE COURT: Maybe we ought to reserve the ruling then
24 until that testimony is received and I have a chance to read
25 the Greentree declaration.
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1 MR. Van AELSTYN: I appreciate that, your Honor. I
2 just wanted to flag the issue, that there are two different
3 bases.
4 THE COURT: Yes.
5 MR. Van AELSTYN: The basis for Exhibit Number 123 is
6 that it has been maintained by the United States Department of
7 State, and Ambassador White did identify it as such.
8 And we believe that it is admissible on the same
9 grounds as 125, which is to say, it is a document obtained by
10 the United States Embassy in the course of its business, not
11 generated by the United States Embassy, but obtained by the
12 United States Embassy as part of its business and then
13 maintained by it in its public records.
14 THE COURT: And what I am concerned about is this.
15 The exact circumstances in which it came into the possession
16 of the agency, from whom it was delivered, what the, quite
17 frankly, the position, status, the motive of the person
18 delivering it, whether or not that would have any effect on
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