Michael Lohr (lawyer)
| Michael Lohr | |
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| Other names | * Michael F. Lohr
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| Occupation | lawyer, naval officer |
| Known for | helped to make sure NCIS officials played no role in torturing individuals held in Guantanamo |
Michael Lohr is an American lawyer, and officer in the United States Navy.[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
| degree | institution | graduated |
|---|---|---|
| B.A. | University of Maryland | 1974 |
| Juris Doctor | University of Maryland School of Law | 1977 |
| L.L.M. | George Washington University Law School | 1984 |
| Northwestern University | 2020 |
Career
Lohr was commissioned as an Ensign while still at the University of Maryland in 1974.[4][5]
After holding a number of more junior positions Lohr was assigned as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, in October 1993.[4][5] In 1997 he was assigned the Chairman's Legal Counsel. In 2000 he was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate General and Commander, Naval Legal Service Command. In July 2000. In 2002 he was appointed Judge Advocate General.
Role in opposing the use of torture
Lohr is notable for his participation in discussions, in December 2002, of reports that interrogators from the Joint Task Force 160 and Joint Task Force 170 were using controversial interrogation techniques on the captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
Lohr was the Navy's Judge Advocate General in December 2002, when Alberto Mora, the Department of the Navy's General Counsel, convened several meetings of the Navy's most senior lawyers, to discuss the reports, from David Brant, the Director of the NCIS, that the Navy's tenants at Guantanamo, were abusing their captives.[1]
According to the Sun Sentinel in February 2003 Lohr wrote[6]:
- "Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alberto Mora (2004-07-07). Memorandum from Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora to Navy Inspector General. United States Navy. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ↑ Leadership - JAG Corps.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, JAGC, USN.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Neil A. Lewis. Lawyers Protested Prison Questioning: Memos Say Harsh Methods Put U.s. Forces In Danger, Sun Sentinel, 2005-07-28. Retrieved on 2012-06-11. “Rear Adm. Michael Lohr, the Navy's chief lawyer, wrote on Feb. 6, 2003, that while detainees at Guantanamo Bay might not qualify for international protections, "Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"”