Walter Ruiz

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Walter Ruiz
Nationality USA
Occupation lawyer
Known for defending Guantanamo captives

Commander Walter Ruiz is an American lawyer and Naval officer.[1]

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

In 2009 he was appointed to serve as Defense attorney for captives who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions.

In February 2013 Ruiz reported that Guantanamo guards had improperly seized privileged documents his clients needed to aid in their defense.[9][10][11] Ruiz reported that security officials had improperly been secretly monitoring the conversations between the suspects and their attorneys. Ruiz got into a shouting match with retired admiral Bruce E. MacDonald, when he was testifying. MacDonald is the Convening Authority, and thus Ruizs boss. Ruiz

References

  1. ↑ Steven Edwards (2009-04-08). "U.S. military judge reinstates fired Khadr lawyer". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ottawacitizen.com%2Fnews%2Fmilitary%2Bjudge%2Breinstates%2Bfired%2BKhadr%2Blawyer%2F1474453%2Fstory.html&date=2009-04-08. 
  2. ↑ Chris McGreal (2013-01-29). "Lawyers for 9/11 suspects ask to be locked up at Guantánamo: Defence team requests to spend two nights in prison cells in order to understand conditions in which 9/11 accused are held". Fort Meade: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2013%2Fjan%2F29%2Flawyers-9-11-suspects-guantanamo&date=2013-02-15. "The military judge, Colonel James Pohl, expressed surprise at the request. "You want to sleep with your client?" he asked one of the defence lawyers, Commander Walter Ruiz. "No, I don't want to sleep with my client," responded Ruiz, who represents Mustafa al-Hawsawi. Ruiz said he intended to sleep in a nearby cell." 
  3. ↑ Jane Sutton (2013-01-31). "Judge orders end to secret censorship of Guantanamo court". Guantanamo: Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.chicagotribune.com%2F2013-01-31%2Fnews%2Fsns-rt-us-usa-guantanamobre90u0z7-20130131_1_commander-walter-ruiz-brigadier-general-mark-martins-army-colonel-james-pohl&date=2013-02-15. "After Thursday's hearing, another of the defense lawyers, Commander Walter Ruiz, said: "Is this a system that we can believe in? Who is pulling the strings? Who is the master of puppets?"" 
  4. ↑ "Chaos, controversy mark latest military commission hearings in Guantanamo". Public Radio International. 2013-02-01. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pri.org%2Fstories%2Fpolitics-society%2Fgovernment%2Fchaos-controversy-mark-latest-military-commission-hearings-in-guantanamo-12860.html&date=2013-02-15. "Navy Cmdr. Walter Ruiz, the lawyer for co-defendant Mustafa al-Hawsawi, said, consequently, the defense would need time to look over and adjust their witness request arguements based on the new ruling." 
  5. ↑ Jane Sutton (2013-01-29). "http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F01%2F29%2Fus-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE90S0Y220130129&date=2013-02-15". Guantanamo: Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F01%2F29%2Fus-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE90S0Y220130129&date=2013-02-15. "Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, a defense attorney for alleged al Qaeda money courier Mustafa al Hawsawi, said a two-day visit was needed to get an intimate understanding of the conditions of confinement." 
  6. ↑ "Pentagon refuses extension for Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial". San Juan, Puerto Rico: USA Today. 2012-02-03. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fusatoday30.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fstory%2F2012-02-03%2Fguantanamo-trial-sept-11%2F52952554%2F1&date=2013-02-15. "Ruiz said he and the other defense lawyers are considering various options, including asking MacDonald to reconsider, but he conceded they have few avenues to address what they say is another example of a tribunal system that favors the prosecution." 
  7. ↑ Charlie Savage (2012-05-05). "U.S. to Restart Tribunal, Aiming to Show It’s Fair". Guantanamo: New York Times. p. A13. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F05%2F05%2Fus%2Fus-to-restart-tribunal-aiming-to-show-its-fair.html%3Fpagewanted%3Dall&date=2013-02-15. "“Mark Martins gives press conferences talking about how these men have been assigned experienced, qualified attorneys who have a background in death penalty defense, but what he doesn’t get into is all the obstacles and inadequate resources and interference with our defense,” said Cmdr. Walter Ruiz, a Navy lawyer representing another Sept. 11 defendant, Mustafa al-Hawsawi." 
  8. ↑ "9/11 plot suspects head back to court at Guantanamo". Miami: Reuters. 2012-05-03. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com%2FLegal%2FNews%2F2012%2F05_-_May%2F9%2F11_plot_suspects_head_back_to_court_at_Guantanamo%2F&date=2013-02-15. ""The odds continue to be silently and deliberately stacked against a fair process," said Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, an attorney appointed to represent Hawsawi. He said the case was hampered by the "gaping black hole of information" about what happened to his client after his arrest in 2003." 
  9. ↑ Jane Sutton (2013-02-14). "Guards seized Guantanamo defendants' legal documents". Guantanamo: Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F02%2F14%2Fus-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE91D1LP20130214&date=2013-02-14. "As "convening authority," he signed off on the charges and approved the decision to try the case as a death penalty case. Defense lawyers said he acted improperly by making that decision before all members of the defense teams had obtained the security clearances they needed to meet with the defendants and read classified documents." 
  10. ↑ Carol Rosenberg (2013-02-14). "Alleged 9/11 plotter disrupts testimony of Pentagon official at Guantánamo". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2F2013%2F02%2F14%2F4066828%2Falleged-911-plotter-disrupts-testimony.html&date=2013-02-14. "For MacDonald’s testimony, the issue is what political or military influences caused him to swear out the charge sheets in 2011 after Attorney General Eric Holder abandoned an effort to stage the Sept. 11 terror trial in Manhattan." 
  11. ↑ Charlie Savage (2013-02-14). "Legal Clashes at Hearing for Defendants in 9/11 Case". New York Times. p. A17. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F02%2F15%2Fus%2Flegal-clashes-at-hearing-for-defendants-in-9-11-case.html%3F_r%3D0%23h%5BVAAMa%2C5%5D&date=2013-02-14. "Admiral MacDonald, a former top judge advocate of the Navy, began calmly, saying that he was among a group of uniformed lawyers who were “disgusted” by the Bush administration’s original military commission rules and had fought to revamp the system to make it fairer, including barring evidence obtained by torture." 

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