Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
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1 finished this section of the examination of Professor Karl
2 concerning her qualifications and the bases for her opinions.
3 BY MR. Van AELSTYN:
4 Q. Unless Professor Karl, is there anything we have missed,
5 let me ask you that question, with regard to, not your
6 qualifications, but the basis -- bases for your opinions in
7 this case that we have not mentioned?
8 A. Well, actually, I guess, yes. Even though El Salvador is
9 a separate country from Central America, the interaction
10 between Central American countries is extremely close. And,
11 in particular, in this time of interaction, for a variety of
12 reasons from all different sources, was constant.
13 So I have also reviewed declassified documents from
14 Guatemala.
15 Q. Declassified documents from the U.S. government or the
16 Guatemalan government?
17 A. U.S. government declassified documents from Guatemala,
18 which have reference to, I believe, this case. I have
19 reviewed documents and newspapers, articles, reports,
20 interviews from people who were non-Salvadoran, but who were
21 deeply involved in the Salvadoran process at the time, meaning
22 they were either trying to bring about peace, such as a Nobel
23 Prize winner, Oscar Arias. I have done expensive interviewing
24 and work with people in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala,
25 and all of that feeds into my knowledge of El Salvador.
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1 I have also investigated a network in an organization
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