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Former Guantanamo Bay Prosecutor Turns Against Tribunals: Dan Slater at Wall Street Journal Blog posted a story on former U.S. Prosecutor Darrel J. Vandeveld. According to the post, Vandeveld was a U.S. Prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay actively involved in prosecuting detainees until last month, when he resigned from his case, the military commissions overall, and, ultimately, active military duty. The LA Times also ran this story. Apparently Vandeveld was disturbed by the U.S. government's failure to provide defense lawyers with the evidence it had against their clients, including exculpatory information. Army Col. Lawrence J. Morris, the chief prosecutor and Vandeveld?s boss, disputed this charge, saying that the Office of Military Commissions provides ?every scrap of paper and information? to the defense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).