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  • Gitmo judge sends Marine general lawyer to 21 days confinement for disobeying orders

    11/01/2017 3:00:49 PM PDT · by DoodleDawg · 26 replies
    Miami Herald ^ | 11/1/17 | Carol Rosenberg
    The USS Cole case judge Wednesday found the Marine general in charge of war court defense teams guilty of contempt for refusing to follow the judge’s orders and sentenced him to 21 days confinement and to pay a $1,000 fine. Air Force Col. Vance Spath also declared “null and void” a decision by Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, 50, to release three civilian defense attorneys from the case, and ordered them to appear before him in person at Guantánamo or by video feed next week. At issue was Baker’s authority to excuse civilian, Pentagon-paid attorneys Rick Kammen, Rosa Eliades and...