Douglas Jay Feith is an American lawyer who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005. He is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute,a conservative think tank.
Geoffrey D. Miller is a retired United States Army major general who commanded the US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba,and Iraq. Detention facilities in Iraq under his command included Abu Ghraib prison,Camp Cropper,and Camp Bucca. He is noted for having trained soldiers in using torture,or "enhanced interrogation techniques" in US euphemism,and for carrying out the "First Special Interrogation Plan," signed by the Secretary of Defense,against a Guantanamo detainee.
Christopher Paul Carney is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Morris Durham "Moe" Davis is an American retired U.S. Air Force colonel,attorney,educator,politician,and former administrative law judge.
Abdul Zahir is a citizen of Afghanistan,who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps,in Cuba. He was the tenth captive,and the first Afghan,to face charges before the first Presidentially authorized Guantanamo military commissions. After the US Supreme Court ruled that the President lacked the constitutional authority to set up military commissions,the United States Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. He was not charged under that system.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB),also called GTMO on the coast of Guantánamo Bay,Cuba. It was established in January 2002 by U.S. President George W. Bush to hold terrorism suspects and "illegal enemy combatants" during the Global War on Terrorism following the attacks of September 11,2001. As of August 2024,at least 780 persons from 48 countries have been detained at the camp since its creation,of whom 740 had been transferred elsewhere,9 died in custody,and 30 remain;only 16 detainees have ever been charged by the U.S. with criminal offenses.
Clifford Sloan is an attorney and American diplomat who served as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure at the United States Department of State. Sloan is currently a Dean's Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center and retired partner for Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates. Previously,Sloan was the publisher of Slate magazine.
William James "Jim" Haynes II is an American lawyer and was General Counsel of the Department of Defense during much of 43rd President George W. Bush's administration and his war on terror. Haynes resigned as general counsel effective March 2008.
Charles Douglas "Cully" Stimson is an American lawyer and government official. Stimson served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs from 2005 until his resignation on February 2,2007,following a controversy about his statements on legal representation for prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Following his time in the George W. Bush administration,Stimson joined The Heritage Foundation,where he is currently a senior legal fellow and manager of the National Security Law Program. Earlier in his career,Stimson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and as Vice President for Private Equity Mergers &Acquisitions at Marsh &McLennan Companies.
The Center for Constitutional Rights has coordinated efforts by American lawyers to handle the habeas corpus,and other legal appeals,of several hundred of the Guantanamo detainees.
The Institute for Law,Science and Global Security in the Department of Government at Georgetown University was established to promote teaching and research in the area of intersection between international law and international relations. The Institute sponsors undergraduate and graduate courses and runs a Master's Program in International Law and Global Security. The Institute seeks to inform the public policy debate about the nature,role and importance of international law as it connected to issues of science and global security. To this end,it sponsors a series of specific programs including the Program on Non-Proliferation Law and Policy,which is jointly run with the James Martin Center of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Jeffrey D. "J.D." Gordon is an American communications and foreign policy adviser,who served as a Pentagon spokesman during the George W. Bush Administration and later a national security adviser to Donald Trump. Gordon is a retired United States Navy officer who was a senior adviser to numerous prominent Republican political figures. Gordon has also been a television commentator and columnist with various media outlets including One America News Network,Fox News,Sky News,The Daily Caller,USA Today,The Hill,The Washington Times and others. Gordon founded Protect America Today,a national security–themed Super PAC in February 2012.
Will A. Gunn is an American lawyer and former officer in the American Armed Forces. Gunn was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the new general counsel for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. He attended the United States Air Force Academy,graduating in 1980,and Harvard Law School,graduating in 1986. While at Harvard,he was elected President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. In 1990 Gunn was a White House Fellow and associate director of Cabinet Affairs. Gunn also has a Masters of Laws degree in Environmental Law from George Washington University Law School and a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs (DASD-DA) is a political appointment created by United States President George W. Bush. The appointee has responsibility for captives apprehended during the "war on terror". The New York Times described one appointee as:"a primary adviser to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on detainee matters and his point man for dealing with foreign governments and international organizations on the issue."
McKenna Long &Aldridge LLP (MLA) was a United States-based international law and public policy firm with more than 575 attorneys and public policy advisors in 15 offices and 13 markets. The firm provided legal,business,and public policy solutions in the areas of complex litigation,corporate law,environment,energy,family wealth,finance,insurance,global infrastructure,government contracts,health care,intellectual property,technology,and real estate.
Matthew Curtis Waxman is an American law professor at Columbia University and author who held several positions during the George W. Bush administration. He is also currently a Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War,Revolution and Peace.
A number of incidents stemming from the September 11 attacks have raised questions about legality.
Mark Steven Martins is a retired United States Army officer. He attained the rank of brigadier general in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Martin's final position was Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions,overseeing the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-defendants.
William K. Lietzau is an American lawyer,former U.S. Marine Corps judge advocate,and former director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
Paul Lewis is an American lawyer and diplomat. Lewis served as Marine JAG officer and chief counsel to House Armed Services Committee,before President Obama appointed him as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Bay facility closure.
