Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
12 particularly in this particular period of time from the UCA,
13 which is the University, the Catholic university of El
14 Salvador, they published something called ECA, E-C-A, and a
15 series of publications that I have copies of and I have also
16 placed in the Stanford Library, and I have reviewed them
17 during this entire time, and they are also excellent sources
18 of information.
19 I might be forgetting something, but, that is the
20 kind of material I reviewed.
21 Q. But before I go on, I'm already getting tired listening to
22 you, Professor Karl. Did you have any help in reviewing all
23 of this?
24 A. Yes, I did. Yes, I did. I always have help in reviewing
25 materials now. That that's one of the benefits of finally
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1 getting to this stage, instead of having to do it all
2 yourself. But yes, I did. I had an assistant who helped me
3 extremely -- actually, in this -- not just in this period of
4 time but I have, over time, several assistants where I say,
5 Please find me every newspaper article that mentions "Majano"
6 or "Romero" or "D'Aubuisson" or whatever. So I have people
7 helping me collect that.
8 Q. Is that customary in your field of research?
9 A. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. Otherwise, we would never
10 be able to do anything else.
11 Q. How about news footage, video footage?
12 A. I have seen video footage, I have heard audio footage. I
13 have had access to audio testimonies. I have reviewed both
14 confidential and public documents of the United Nations Truth
15 Commission. There is an extremely large volume of material
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