According to Smyth, Amnesty made these documents public in 1996.
The law firm, the oil company and the state attorney general's office have declined to make the documents public.
Teabing was apparently on the side of making the documents public.
He said at today's news conference that he was still battling agency officials to make the documents public.
Mr. Hersh testified that he wanted "first crack" at making the documents public.
Making the documents public would be a good way for Obama & co. to begin climbing out of that particular hole.
The committee and baseball have not made the documents public.
On March 2, 9 and 30 of this year, he stunned stonewallers by making the documents public.
"A lot of discussions are under way about a wide range of options, including making some documents public."
The decision to make the documents public was supported by the American Library Association.