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Chapman retired from the military as a colonel in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps after nearly 30 years of active duty service. He joined the Office of Military Commissions in April 2005 as the deputy legal advisor and staff director. Prior to working at OMC, Chapman was the senior judge for the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Some highlights from his career include service as the Army's Staff Judge Advocate for the Military District of Washington, deputy commandant and director of academics at the Army's JAG school in Charlottesville, Va., and a deployment as a senior military defense counsel during Operation Desert Storm.
On Friday, September 21, 2007, I met with Colonel Davis in my office at his request. Colonel Wendy Kelly was also present. At that meeting Colonel Davis informed me of the details of an amendment to his complaint against Brigadier General Hartmann. Since the matter had not yet been resolved, I did not comment. Colonel Davis also informed me that his office would not swear charges in any future cases until the matter was resolved. I advised him that I had removed BGen Hartmann and Mr. Michael Chapman (Office of Military Commissions StaffDirector, who also served as Deputy Legal Advisor) from involvement in providing legal advice to me until the matters that Colonel Davis raised were resolved; I intended to ask the General Counsel to appoint Mr. Ron White, also on the staff, to serve in that capacity in the meantime. Thus, and especially since the Court of Military Commission Review had already ruled in favor of the government on the issue of jurisdiction in United States v. Khadr, I advised Colonel Davis that there was no reason for his office not to charge cases if those cases were prepared.
Chapman retired from the military as a colonel in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps after nearly 30 years of active duty service. He joined the Office of Military Commissions in April 2005 as the deputy legal advisor and staff director. Prior to working at OMC, Chapman was the senior judge for the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Some highlights from his career include service as the Army's Staff Judge Advocate for the Military District of Washington, deputy commandant and director of academics at the Army's JAG school in Charlottesville, Va., and a deployment as a senior military defense counsel during Operation Desert Storm.
On Friday, September 21, 2007, I met with Colonel Davis in my office at his request. Colonel Wendy Kelly was also present. At that meeting Colonel Davis informed me of the details of an amendment to his complaint against Brigadier General Hartmann. Since the matter had not yet been resolved, I did not comment. Colonel Davis also informed me that his office would not swear charges in any future cases until the matter was resolved. I advised him that I had removed BGen Hartmann and Mr. Michael Chapman (Office of Military Commissions StaffDirector, who also served as Deputy Legal Advisor) from involvement in providing legal advice to me until the matters that Colonel Davis raised were resolved; I intended to ask the General Counsel to appoint Mr. Ron White, also on the staff, to serve in that capacity in the meantime. Thus, and especially since the Court of Military Commission Review had already ruled in favor of the government on the issue of jurisdiction in United States v. Khadr, I advised Colonel Davis that there was no reason for his office not to charge cases if those cases were prepared.
