Posted on Oct 22, 2018
Mattis Names Army Colonel as Guantanamo's Chief War Court Judge
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has chosen an Army colonel with experience in handling terrorism cases -- dating back to the 1986 Berlin disco bombing -- to serve as chief judge of the Guantanamo war court, according to a document obtained by McClatchy.
Col. Douglas K. Watkins, 56, is currently handling hearings in the war crimes case against Guantanamo prisoner Majid Khan, a Baltimore-area high school graduate who was captured in Pakistan and held for years in CIA prisons. Khan has turned government witness and faces sentencing July 1.
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has chosen an Army colonel with experience in handling terrorism cases -- dating back to the 1986 Berlin disco bombing -- to serve as chief judge of the Guantanamo war court, according to a document obtained by McClatchy.
Col. Douglas K. Watkins, 56, is currently handling hearings in the war crimes case against Guantanamo prisoner Majid Khan, a Baltimore-area high school graduate who was captured in Pakistan and held for years in CIA prisons. Khan has turned government witness and faces sentencing July 1.
Mattis Names Army Colonel as Guantanamo's Chief War Court Judge
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