Davis, Morris - short clip - BigBrains

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-	We really had the potential to have done this right	0:00
	from the start had the administration.	0:03
	If these are going to be military commissions.	0:08
	They should have turned it over to the military	0:09
	as a mission, assign it to Southern Commander who, you know	0:12
	who runs is responsible for Guantanamo.	0:16
	Turn it over to the military, make it a military mission	0:20
	and let's get it done and get it done right.	0:23
	But you had it too many.	0:26
	We used to joke about refer to him as the big brains.	0:28
	You know, the John Hughes and the David Addingtons, who	0:31
	you know, and the Jim Haynes that didn't know anything	0:34
	about litigation, didn't know anything about the military	0:38
	but they were the, you know, the Svengalis.	0:40
	that we're gonna run this process.	0:43
	And we're sitting here in June of 2010 and	0:46
	nothing much has happened.	0:51
	So it's unfortunate	0:53
	that the things have ended up this way.	0:57
	And to me, extraordinarily disappointing	0:59
	that the current administration who campaigned	1:02
	on their respect for the rule of law and justice	1:04
	and what a travesty military commissions in Guantanamo had	1:08
	been have suddenly flip-flopped and have become	1:13
	the third term of the Bush Administration, at least	1:16
	with respect to national security and detainees and Gitmo.	1:18

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Title:

Davis, Morris - short clip - BigBrains

Date:

June 13, 2010

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Davis, Morris

Role:

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This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Chief Prosecutor
Morris Davis, male, age 51, was appointed as the third Chief Prosecutor in the Guantanamo military commissions in September 2005. He resigned from the position in October 2007.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United States

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oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:05:34

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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