Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Brig. Gen. Hartmann Under Investigation:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_10_26-2008_11_01.shtml#1225033398
The LA Times [1]reports that Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann is
under investigation for allegedly interfering with the prosecution of
enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay.
The Air Force is reviewing allegations that Hartmann bullied
prosecutors, logistics officials and others at Guantanamo --
resulting in cases going to trial that were not ready and the
prosecution of at least one individual on charges that were
unwarranted -- and assertions that he advocated using coerced
evidence despite prosecutors' objections.
It also is looking into allegations that Hartmann made
intentionally misleading statements, both in public and during the
Guantanamo tribunal proceedings, in an effort to downplay the
direct role that he played in the overall prosecution effort and in
several cases, according to interviews with military lawyers.
A second investigation, being conducted by the Department of
Defense's Office of the Inspector General, was sparked by the
complaints of at least two military officials about Hartmann's
allegedly abusive and retaliatory behavior toward them within the
Office of Military Commissions. That office oversees the
prosecutors and defense lawyers in the terrorism trials taking
place at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Readers may recall that Col. Morris Davis, the chief prosecutor at
Guantanamo, resigned last spring alleging, among other things, that
Hartmann had improperly interfered with the trials of enemy
combatants. I blogged on Davis' resignation and related events [2]here
and [3]here.
References
1.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-gitmo25-2008oct25,0,1053318.story
2. http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1209383996.shtml
3. http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1197328482.shtml
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