Matthew Diaz

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For the Major League baseball player, see Matt Diaz.

Matthew Diaz is a lawyer and an officer in the United States Navy.^[1]

[edit] Military career

Diaz is reported to be approximately 40 years old, and to have spent most of his adult life in military service. ^[2] The Virginia Pilot reports that Diaz served eight years as an enlisted man in the United States Army, prior to being commissioned in the USN's Judge Advocate General Corps.

[edit] Charges

On July 28, 2006, Diaz was formally charged with improperly mailing suspected classified information about detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba to an individual unauthorized to receive it.^[2][1] Diaz was not directly involved in either the defense or prosecution of the ten detainees who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions. He served as a legal advisor to the JTF-GTMO, the command responsible for detention operations.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} U.S. Navy says officer passed secret Guantanamo data, Washington Post, August 30, 2006
2. ^ ^{a b} Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged, Virginia Pilot, August 29, 2006