Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
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1 What they would do is they would send out lots of
2 feelers to people who were working on this area, and they
3 would say, "Give us your opinion of what's going on here, or
4 read this draft for us and tell us if you think it's right or
5 it's not right."
6 So there is a -- an academic give and take in these
7 things.
8 Q. So you did provide some comments on the Woerner Report
9 that you referenced before that was completed?
10 A. No, not before it was completed, no. But I talked to
11 General Woerner about it a number of times.
12 Q. That was my next question. You have interacted with
13 military academics, you mentioned.
14 Have you ever had any interaction in an advisory or
15 other capacity with the actual officers themselves, with the
16 U.S. military?
17 A. I would say there is two types of interactions I had. I
18 did extensive interviewing in what's called the "Mil Group" of
19 the U.S. Embassy. That's the military group of the U.S.
20 Embassy. This was a very big group in the Embassy. It was
21 actually supposed to be limited by law to 56 advisers,
22 although there were all types of other people with other
23 titles.
24 So there was a big military -- U.S. military
25 component inside El Salvador, and I certainly did lots and
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1 lots of interviews there.
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