Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
23 organization of the pages. You may have noticed, and I will
24 point, the one issue that is of most relevance, the Operation
25 Piña page that Ambassador White discussed.
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1 In the copy of the diary maintained by the Department
2 of State, that page has been inserted, in effect, into the
3 diary. Because you will notice it's not on the same -- it's
4 not a calendar page, it doesn't have the date on it. It's a
5 separate piece of paper that's been inserted into the middle
6 of it.
7 Todd Greentree testifies that those separate pages
8 were with the diary, but not inserted into the diary. It was
9 a short stack of documents, in effect, that were gathered
10 together.
11 That's the only difference between these copies, is
12 where the page has been placed in the stack of documents.
13 THE COURT: And so from that, the most evident
14 inference that is drawn is that the plan, if you will, or the
15 Piña page is separate from the diary and not a part of the
16 diary.
17 MR. Van AELSTYN: Not a part of the diary --
18 THE COURT: Not an integrated page.
19 MR. Van AELSTYN: It is there, but as with many
20 people, there are slips of paper in the diary and the
21 understanding of Todd Greentree and others is that they were
22 collected at one time.
23 THE COURT: Does Mr. Greentree say the source of the
24 diary?
25 MR. Van AELSTYN: Yes. Again, that it came from --
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