James M. McGarrah

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James M. McGarrah is an officer in the United States Navy Reserve.^[1][2]

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On July 9, 2004, when McGarrah was a Rear Admiral, Secretary of the Navy, Gordon England, appointed him the Director of the Office of the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants (OARDEC).^[3]

McGarrah testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT), held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, from July 2004 to March 2005.^[2] McGarrah testified that, to take into account the concerns of United States Supreme Court rulings the CSRT were modelled after Army Regulations 190-8 (Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees), subchapter 1-6, Tribunals.

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1. ^ James M. McGarrah. "Testimony of Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah Director of Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants Department of the navy", United States Senate Judiciary Committee, June 14, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} James M. McGarrah. "Statement of Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah, Director of the Office of the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants (OARDEC), Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, on detainees", United States Department of Defense, July 14, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 
3. ^ Secretary of the Navy England Briefing on Combatant Status Review Tribunal, Department of Defense, July 9, 2004