Afghanistan Experience Project: Interviewer Release Form

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I,____________________ , am a voluntary participant in the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Afghanistan Project and desire to help USIP and its contractor, the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). I understand that the purpose of the project is to create audio taped oral histories of individuals who have served in Afghanistan and to edit and assemble such oral histories in order to determine lessons learned and to assist in training and other educational and informational programs sponsored by USIP and organizations working with USIP.

I hereby grant to USIP the right to record, store, edit, use, and sell all materials collected as part of my interviews, including, without limitation, audio and video recordings, transcripts, hand-written notes, and other documents, in whatever format recorded, stored or transmitted.

I release USIP, its assignees, employees, agents and contractors, from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the use of such materials, including but not limited to, any claims for defamation, invasion of privacy, right of distribution, right of production, and right of publicity.

I understand that USIP and ADST may disseminate the content of my interviews to persons and/or organizations in such form and manner as USIP or ADST may determine will advance their educational and training objectives, including publication, public presentation and display, and preparation of derivative works. I understand that statements made in my interviews will not be publicly attributed to me by name by USIP, but that attribution to me may be made upon the official request of a U.S. government agency to the extent required by law.

I specifically consent to the inclusion of all materials collected as part of my interviews in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection as compiled and disseminated by ADST, with the understanding that ADST will not attribute my interviews to me by name.

I have not divulged and will not divulge any information that is classified under a United States government security classification.

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