Dan McCarthy (JAG)

Dan McCarthy
Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy
Rank Captain
Chief Prosecuter of the Judge Advocate General's Corps at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Dan McCarthy is a captain in the United States Navy and one of around 730 lawyers who are members of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy. He was educated at the Duke University School of Law. McCarthy has been involved with the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp where over 250 suspected Enemy combatants and terrorists are being held to await trial.

He is chief prosecutor of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. McCarthy is also the one who introduced Ex parte Quirin to Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift which would become bases for the military tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. While Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift was at the base McCarthy was his supervisor and close friend.[1]

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References

  1. Taking on Guantanamo: Power and Politics. Vanity Fair. March 2007.


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