Matthew Waxman

Matthew Waxman is an American law professor and author who held several positions during the George W. Bush administration.[1][2]

Waxman was a Fulbright Scholar when he studied International Relations in the United Kingdom.[1] Waxman is currently a Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.[2]

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Government service

Waxman was described as working within the Bush administration, unsuccessfully, to have U.S. captives treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.[3][4] Waxman served under Condoleezza Rice in the National Security Council in 2001-2003.[2] He served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs in 2004 and 2005. Waxman moved from the Department of Defense to the Department of State in December 2005, serving there under Condoleezza Rice until 2007.

Academic career

Waxman accepted a position as a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in 2007.[5]

Criticism of the Obama Presidency's policy on captives

On August 28, 2010, Waxman was quoted by Charlie Savage on the front page of the New York Times criticizing the Barack Obama Presidency for choosing to prosecute Canadian Omar Khadr who was only 15 years old when he was captured.[6][7]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Matthew Waxman". Columbia Law School. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.columbia.edu%2Ffac%2FMatthew_Waxman&date=2009-05-06. 
  2. ^ a b c "Matthew Waxman: member of the Task Force on National Security and Law". Hoover Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoover.org%2Fbios%2FMatthew_Waxman.html&date=2009-05-06. 
  3. ^ Steve Clemons (2005-12-11). "Matthew Waxman: Does He Also Have the Goods on Rumsfeld and Cheney?". The Washington Note. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewashingtonnote.com%2Farchives%2F001139.php&date=2009-05-06. 
  4. ^ Eric Schmitt (2005-12-11). "Pentagon Expert on Detainees Plans to Leave for State Dept.". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/politics/11detainee.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  5. ^ David Lat (2007-05-07). "Musical Chairs: Congrats to Matt Waxman". Above the Law. http://www.abovethelaw.com/2007/05/musical_chairs_congrats_to_mat.php. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  6. ^ Charlie Savage (2010-08-28). "U.S. Wary of Example Set by Tribunal Case". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/us/28gitmo.html. Retrieved 2010-08-28. "Optically, this has been a terrible case to begin the commissions with…There is a great deal of international skepticism and hostility toward military commissions, and this is a very tough case with which to push back against that skepticism and hostility."  mirror
  7. ^ Norman Spector (2010-08-28). "On Omar Khadr, even Bushies are biting Obama". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/spector-vision/on-omar-khadr-even-bushies-are-biting-obama/article1688676/. Retrieved 2010-08-28. "Mr.Waxman, it turns out, was the Pentagon’s top official responsible for detainee affairs in the George W. Bush administration."  mirror