Douglas Jay Feith served as the under secretary of Defense for Policy for United States president George W. Bush,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 (عبدالظاهر) is a citizen of Afghanistan currently 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 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 the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,also referred to as Gitmo,on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. As of March 2022,of the 780 people detained there since January 2002 when the military prison first opened after the September 11 attacks,741 had been transferred elsewhere,30 remained there,and 9 had died while in custody.
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.
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."
Gregory Bestor Craig is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama,from 2009 to 2010. A former attorney at the Washington,D.C. law firm of Williams &Connolly,Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. Prior to becoming White House Counsel,he served as assistant to the President and special counsel in the White House of President Bill Clinton,where he directed the team defending Clinton against impeachment. Craig also served as a senior advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy and to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
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 C. 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 the current 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.
