Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor to Testify for Bin Laden Driver
The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has raised eyebrows with his decision to testify on behalf of the former driver for Osama bin Laden.
Col. Morris Davis’ testimony on behalf of Salim Ahmed Hamdan will be used to question the fairness of the military commission system, the New York Times reports. Davis quit four months ago, complaining of U.S. meddling in the trial process.
Until then, Davis was “the most colorful champion of the Bush administration’s military commission system,” the Times story says. “He once said sympathy for detainees was nauseating and compared putting them on trial to dragging ‘Dracula out into the sunlight.’
“Then in October he had a dispute with his boss, a general. Ever since, he has been one of those critics who will not go away: a former top insider, with broad shoulders and a well-pressed uniform, willing to turn on the system he helped run.”
Davis, now a senior legal official with the Air Force, told the newspaper he fears “rigged outcomes” at the commission trials and has “significant doubts” about whether the process will be full, fair and open.
“I’m in a unique position where I can raise the flag and aggravate the Pentagon and try to get this fixed,” he said.
Second reference to Davis corrected on 04-28-2008.
