User:R. Baley

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I'm not a regular contributer to this article but thought this could go somewhere (I'd put it in myself but the current format doesn't lend itself to this info I think).

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Charles Swift is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps. He is assigned to the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions and is most famous for having served as defense counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan.^[1] Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden captured during the invasion of Afghanistan, was charged in July 2004 with conspiracy to commit terrorism.^[2] As Hamdan's legal counsel, Swift together with Neal Katyal, appealed Hamdan's writ of habeas corpus petition to the U. S. Supreme Court. In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 2749 (2006), the justices ultimately held that the military commission to try Salim Hamdan was illegal and violated the Geneva Conventions as well as the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). ^[3]^[4] Following his successful appeal in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Charles Swift was passed over for promotion and will have to retire under the military's "up or out" promotion system. ^[5]

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Born in 1962, Charles Swift is a native of Franklin, North Carolina. Following his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984, he served as: (1) Damage Control Assistant onboard the USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), (2) Navigator onboard the USS Rathburne (FF-1057), and (3) Assistant for International Training at the Surface Warfare Department Head School. In 1991, he left active service to attend Seattle University Law School, where he graduated cum laude. Resuming active service in 1994, he affiliated with the navy’s Judge Advocate Generals Corp (1994-present). A more comprehensive biography can be found at the website for the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy.

Swift was the subject of a brief biographical article in the December 2004 issue of Esquire.^[6] In December 2005 he was chosen as runner-up Lawyer of the Year by the National Law Journal for his challenge to the Guantanamo review tribunals.

LCDR Swift's decorations and medals include ^[7]:

His assignments have been:

1985-1987 USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Agana, Guam
1988-1990 USS Rathburne (FF-1057), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1990-1991 Surface Warfare Department Head School, Newport, Rhode Island
1995-1997 Naval Legal Service Office Northwest
1997-2000 Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
2000-2003 Naval Legal Service Detachment, Mayport, FL
2003-present Office of Military Commissions

On October 8, 2006 the Miami Herald reported that Swift was passed over for promotion and will have to retire under the military's "up or out" promotion system. Swift stated he learned of being passed over two weeks after the Supreme Court decided in Hamdan's favor. ^[8]^[5]