Dirk Padgett
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Dirk Padgett is an American
lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve
's Judge Advocate corp.
Padgett is notable for his appointment to serve as a prosecutor for a Guantanamo military commission
.
In civilian life Padgett is a Prosecutor in Bedford County
Virginia
.
He was hired as the Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Bedford County in late 1995.
He was recalled to serve a hitch of active duty in Iraq
on October 14, 2004.
On January 5, 2005 the Roanoke Times published an op-ed by Padgett, entitled ""Beware uninformed blathering about Iraq from the safety of home".
Padgett, then a Lieutenant Commander
serving in Iraq
, was critical of civilians at home who criticized the conduct of the war, without ever experiencing military service.
Carol Rosenberg
, writing in the Lakeland Ledger, on July 15, 2009, described the Military Commission's new electronic audio management system malfunctioning when Commander Padgett tried to make his opening remarks.
According to Rosenberg Padgett requested a delay, while the Obama administration reviewed the military commission system.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve, until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy...
's Judge Advocate corp.
Padgett is notable for his appointment to serve as a prosecutor for a Guantanamo military commission
Guantanamo military commission
The Guantanamo military commissions are military tribunals created by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for prosecuting detainees held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps.- History :...
.
In civilian life Padgett is a Prosecutor in Bedford County
Bedford County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 60,371 people, 23,838 households, and 18,164 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 26,841 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile...
Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.
He was hired as the Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Bedford County in late 1995.
He was recalled to serve a hitch of active duty in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
on October 14, 2004.
On January 5, 2005 the Roanoke Times published an op-ed by Padgett, entitled ""Beware uninformed blathering about Iraq from the safety of home".
Padgett, then a Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
serving in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, was critical of civilians at home who criticized the conduct of the war, without ever experiencing military service.
Carol Rosenberg
Carol Rosenberg
Carol Rosenberg is a senior journalist, currently with the McClatchy News Service.Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-Biography:...
, writing in the Lakeland Ledger, on July 15, 2009, described the Military Commission's new electronic audio management system malfunctioning when Commander Padgett tried to make his opening remarks.
According to Rosenberg Padgett requested a delay, while the Obama administration reviewed the military commission system.