Berg, Thomas - short clip - WeAlwaysRegretItLaterw2gqt

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Title:
Berg, Thomas - short clip - WeAlwaysRegretItLaterw2gqt
Date:
May 16, 2012
Interviewer:
Honigsberg, Peter Jan
Interviewee:
Berg, Thomas
Role:
Military
Description:

  • This interview may include descriptions of violence.

  • Military Legal Advisor

  • Thomas Berg, male, age 60, helped the Defense Department set up war crimes tribunals for captured al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners after 9/11. The tribunals were based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions, but the Pentagon civilian leadership rejected them. He also served as Judge Advocate General, military legal adviser, to Gen. Rick Baccus in Guantanamo.

  • Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:
United States
Format:
oral histories
Language:
English
Extent:
1:05:30
Digital Collection:
Witness to Guantanamo
Source Collection:
Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017
Rights:
Limited Re-Use
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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  • 778bf9393d07997e15897f94644396f7
  • witnesstoguantanamo
  • ark:/87924/r4tm78m17
  • b668be2c-d5eb-4096-81bf-be91c7a8942b
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