Or... 1 From (b)(6) (b)(6) [mailto (b)(6) Sent: urs ay, Tarc 04, 2004 12:11 AM To: DeVille, Duncan N. (SES-5) Subject: RE: FW: greetings from Baghdad Dear Duncan, I have worked on reforms of the criminal justice system, such as training, in Guatemala, Russia, South Africa and to a lesser extent Columbia and Mexico. One thing I learned was that there was little generic about the American system that could be carried over easily in Guatemala. Your description of the role of prosecutors in Iraq was stunningly similar to the situation in Guatemala when I set up a project to train prosecutors and judges there 15 years ago. The relation of the prosecutor to their two major partners — the police and the judges — was something we had to learn before we could be helpful. We also had to learn about the political pressures to which they were likely to be subject; and, more surprisingly, about the public's attitudes towards courts, prosecutors, and police. Undoubtedly there were other parts of the setting that I've omitted, but what was clear was that you could not take the institutions one at a time and treat them in isolation by showing them the best American ways. What we could do once we understood the attitudes, process, and relationships, was create a distinctly Guatemalan form that took maximum advantage of what we do very well in the United States, i.e. run a decently fair and efficient criminal justice system. This is all an introduction to a proposal that there be a stage before the training stage. I could readily assemble the necessary experts in everything from Islamic law to criminal investigations and prosecution if you could send me a handful of judges, prosecutors, and police among whom there was representation of Kurds, Sunni, and Shiites. This first stage would be vastly more productive if the people you send for a week to Harvard spoke pretty good English. The best time would be May and with a week of hard work, that I hope would include Justice Goldstone who is helping you train judges, we would be in a solid position to recommend the requirements of training and manuals. I would take seriously training prosecutors even without that but it's like playing tennis without a racket. One of my partners in running this would be (b)(6) (b)(6) ,who is now teaching at the Kennedy School. She sends her fond good wishes to Ambassador Brenner, with whom she's very good friends. (b)(6) and I are now running a project on terrorism for the Oklahoma Memorial terrorism people.) Please let me know what you think. I will try to move as quickly as possible on that 1111 11111 11111 IN!! basis. At 08:46 PM 2/27/2004 +0300, you wrote: (b)(6) This sounds like something we want to pursue. It will be presented to Amb. Bremer this week, and that's no small feat given all that's on his plate right now, e.g., we expect the Transitional Administrative Law (aka interim constitution) to be signed today. Also, we were hit with multiple rockets last night; in fact, they landed right next to the hall in which the TAL is to be signed. However, this is a promising program the Ambassador's a Harvard alum and his relationship with (b)(6) can only help. As to your other points, I concur in them all: (1) I know(b)(61 fmm the 1