David Frakt
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David Frakt is Associate Professor and Director of the Criminal Law Practice
Center at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California
and a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps. From
April 2008 to August 2009, he served as lead defense counsel with the Office
of Military Commissions where he became the first military defense counsel to win the dismissal of charges in a military commission in the case of Mohammed Jawad. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine and Harvard Law School, Professor Frakt has written widely about the military commissions. Previous articles have appeared on CNN.com, Salon.com and truthout.org. His views are his own and do not reflect the views
of the Air Force or the Department of Defense.

Blog Entries by David Frakt

My Debate with Marc Thiessen

Posted September 18, 2010 | 14:40:46 (EST)

Earlier this week, I debated General Michael Hayden (USAF, retired), former director of both the CIA and NSA, and Marc Thiessen, former Bush speechwriter and current columnist for the Washington Post, as part of the "Intelligence Squared" Debate series from New York. I was joined by Stephen Jones, an accomplished...

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New Manual for Military Commissions Disregards the Commander-in-Chief, Congressional Intent and the Laws of War

Posted April 29, 2010 | 19:23:29 (EST)

Late Monday, on the eve of Omar Khadr's suppression hearing, the first major military commission hearing at Guantanamo since President Obama took office, the Defense Department released the new Manual for Military Commissions. The Manual is the primary implementing regulation for the Military Commissions Act of 2009, containing...

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