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:''For the Major League baseball player, see Matt Diaz.''
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) 'Matthew M. Diaz' is a former staff judge advocate in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps.
U.S. Navy says officer passed secret Guantanamo data, ''Washington Post'', August 30 2006
[1] In mid-to-late 2004, Diaz served a six month tour of duty in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as deputy director of the detention center's legal office.
[2] Early in 2005 as LCDR Diaz was concluding his tour, he sent an anonymous note to a New York civil liberties group containing the names of the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
[3] In July 2006, the United States government formally charged Diaz in a military court with five criminal counts related to the improper disclosure of classified information to an individual unauthorized to receive it. In May of 2007, he was convicted by a seven member jury of military officers on 4 of 5 counts. Pending appeals, he is to serve a 6 month prison sentence and be subsequently discharged from the military.
Diaz, 41, is reported to have spent most of his adult life in military service.
Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged, ''Virginia Pilot'', August 29 2006
The ''Virginia Pilot'' reports that Diaz served eight years as an enlisted man in the United States Army, prior to being commissioned in the USN's Judge Advocate General Corps.
On July 28, 2006, Diaz was formally charged with improperly mailing suspected classified information about detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba to an individual unauthorized to receive it (the Center for Constitutional Rights). Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged, ''Virginia Pilot'', August 29 2006 Diaz was convicted. On May 18, 2007, he was sentenced to six months in prison and will face dismissal from the Navy. Jury Recommends 6 Months for Topeka Lawyer, ''WIBW'', May 18 2007
Barbara Olshansky, of the Center for Constitutional Rights, was the recipient of the document, placed alongside an unmarked Valentines Day card.[4]
Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial
The 39 page list of captives' names she received was unsolicited. The list contained the names of 550 captives. The list had seven fields per entry.
Response to Government motion requesting an Article 39a session and Defense motion to suppress evidence (.doc)
The 558 names in the official list of captives whose enemy combatant status was confirmed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal had just three fields.
According to the background page to the charges against Diaz, the other six fields of the entries describing captives were:
The captives' names had not, at that time, been officially confirmed.
Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.
Diaz was not directly involved in either the defense or prosecution of the ten detainees who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions.
He served as a legal advisor to the JTF-GTMO, the command responsible for detention operations.
1. Former Guantanamo military lawyer sentenced to 6 months for leaking names Michael Sung
2. Naval lawyer guilty of spilling captives' names Carol Rosenburg
3. 'Moral decision' jeopardizes Navy lawyer's career Brooks Egerton
4. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/18/navy.lawyer.ap/index.html
★ Affidavit of Mr. Michael Sweedo March 1, 2007
★ Defense motion to dismiss - Multiplicity and unreasonable multiplication of charges, March 12, 2007
★ Defense motion for appropriate relief - Compel expert assistance, March 12,
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) 'Matthew M. Diaz' is a former staff judge advocate in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps.
U.S. Navy says officer passed secret Guantanamo data, ''Washington Post'', August 30 2006
[1] In mid-to-late 2004, Diaz served a six month tour of duty in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as deputy director of the detention center's legal office.
[2] Early in 2005 as LCDR Diaz was concluding his tour, he sent an anonymous note to a New York civil liberties group containing the names of the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
[3] In July 2006, the United States government formally charged Diaz in a military court with five criminal counts related to the improper disclosure of classified information to an individual unauthorized to receive it. In May of 2007, he was convicted by a seven member jury of military officers on 4 of 5 counts. Pending appeals, he is to serve a 6 month prison sentence and be subsequently discharged from the military.
| Contents |
| Military career |
| Charges |
| The suspect document |
| References |
| External links |
Military career
Diaz, 41, is reported to have spent most of his adult life in military service.
Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged, ''Virginia Pilot'', August 29 2006
The ''Virginia Pilot'' reports that Diaz served eight years as an enlisted man in the United States Army, prior to being commissioned in the USN's Judge Advocate General Corps.
Charges
On July 28, 2006, Diaz was formally charged with improperly mailing suspected classified information about detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba to an individual unauthorized to receive it (the Center for Constitutional Rights). Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged, ''Virginia Pilot'', August 29 2006 Diaz was convicted. On May 18, 2007, he was sentenced to six months in prison and will face dismissal from the Navy. Jury Recommends 6 Months for Topeka Lawyer, ''WIBW'', May 18 2007
The suspect document
Barbara Olshansky, of the Center for Constitutional Rights, was the recipient of the document, placed alongside an unmarked Valentines Day card.[4]
Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial
The 39 page list of captives' names she received was unsolicited. The list contained the names of 550 captives. The list had seven fields per entry.
Response to Government motion requesting an Article 39a session and Defense motion to suppress evidence (.doc)
The 558 names in the official list of captives whose enemy combatant status was confirmed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal had just three fields.
According to the background page to the charges against Diaz, the other six fields of the entries describing captives were:
| Internment Serial Number | ★ The two official lists both contain an 'ISN', which seems to be some kind of identification number, but they don't say what it is. ★ The ISN numbers of the 759 captives on the two official lists ran from 2 through 1457, with the exception of six captives who were captured in Bosnia, and Martin Mubanga who was captured in Africa. Their ISNs were in the range 10001 through 10007. The 14 high value captives transferred from CIA custody to military custody in Guantanamo are had ISN's in the range 10011 through 10024. |
| 'Source Identification number' (if present) | '?' |
| 'GTMO Identification number' | '?' |
| 'nationality' 'country of citizenship' | Both of the official lists name just one country associated with each captive. |
| Collection Management & Dissemination team number | '?' |
The captives' names had not, at that time, been officially confirmed.
Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.
Diaz was not directly involved in either the defense or prosecution of the ten detainees who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions.
He served as a legal advisor to the JTF-GTMO, the command responsible for detention operations.
References
1. Former Guantanamo military lawyer sentenced to 6 months for leaking names Michael Sung
2. Naval lawyer guilty of spilling captives' names Carol Rosenburg
3. 'Moral decision' jeopardizes Navy lawyer's career Brooks Egerton
4. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/18/navy.lawyer.ap/index.html
External links
★ Affidavit of Mr. Michael Sweedo March 1, 2007
★ Defense motion to dismiss - Multiplicity and unreasonable multiplication of charges, March 12, 2007
★ Defense motion for appropriate relief - Compel expert assistance, March 12,
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