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Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Steps Down

Chain-of-command issue leads to resignation at controversial military jail

By John Barley, Newser User

Posted Oct 5, 2007 7:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – The US military’s lead prosecutor in trials of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay has resigned, the Pentagon announced today. Air Force Col. Davis sought a new post after the Pentagon rejected his complaint that an officer supervising his work did not have the... Read full story »

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