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Chapter 3 Testimony of the Witnesses' Facing the massive volume of testimony and documentation that resulted from the 21 meetings of the committee, various alternatives were considered for presenting the issues under discussion in th.e most meaningful manner for the reader. This posed problems because the interrogations frequently were con- fusing to both interviewer and interviewee; misleadi~g questions were asked or an~~~s. given on the basis of assumed or presumed knowled9"eability of witne.ss or committee members;' not infre- qtt.ently topics were. dropped abruptly or left hangi~g--even though. the sUb.~ect could have been of major importance; and for the ~ost part, the identity of the committee member asking a question was not. given. Even as the inye~tigation opened, certain operational activities--the return of ships at sea, the transport of personnel of the Cuban brigade by air from Guatema1a and Nicaragua back to the United States, and the continuing search for possible escapees from the beach--still were underway. There was no single committee member nor any single witness who, at any time during the course of the investigation, had all of the facts