to my left is len downie jr., professor at arizona state. very well known to this audience, of course, as vice president at large of the "washington post." he spent 44 years -- is that right? in the washington post newsroom. my apologies. to his left -- joel simon, the executive director of the organization that published this exceptional report we will be talking about today. he was appointed as the executive director in 2006. he was responsible for launching the global campaign against impunity. and finally, to joel's left is rajiv chandrasekaran, also well known to this audience from his long-standing work with "the washington post." he is currently the senior correspondent and associate editor of "the washington post." he wrote "imperial life in the emerald city," a terrific piece of work that became a movie with matt damon. he has been journalist in residence at the international reporting project at the johns hopkins school for advanced studies in washington. today, i would like to start off if you would give us an overview of the repo