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Your letter suggests that it would be inappropriate to compel Dr. de la Torre to appear before the Committee because of his constitutional rights. The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, however, does not permit witnesses to refuse to appear when summoned to testify before a congressional committee, but, rather, that constitutional privilege must be asserted by witnesses in declining to answer specific questions put to them. A valid assertion of the privilege [...] is predicated on a witness' good-faith determination that the provision of a truthful answer to a particular question creates a reasonable apprehension of incriminating him or her, and a witness cannot ultimately make the particular judgement necessary for invocation of the privilege except in consideration of a specific question. [...] The other matters raised in your letter are not cognizable legal grounds for your client's refusing to appear.