Ward K. Johnson, III
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Ward K. Johnson, III is an American lawyer and former military officer.[1] Following his retirement from the Armed Forces Johnson joined the law faculty at the University of North Dakota. He has been a strong defender of the idea that the USA has not been committing war crimes in its treatment of the individuals held in extrajudicial detention at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2]
References
- ↑ "UND Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies hosts Fellow Natalie Pierce". University of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2014-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20141002213512/http://law.und.edu/news/2013/09/_media/natalie-pierce-visit.cfm. "Also taking part in the events will be Col. Ward Johnson, a former Guantanamo prosecutor and current adjunct professor at the UND School of Law; Professor Gregory Gordon, Director of CHRGS and former prosecutor with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Department of Justice; and, John Christgau, author of Enemies: World War II Alien Internment."
- ↑ John Stennes (2013-05-13). "Grand Forks lawyer dismisses claims of torture at controversial Guantanamo". Grand Forks Herald. http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/grand-forks-lawyer-dismisses-claims-torture-controversial-guantanamo. Retrieved 2014-10-02. "Enemy combatants held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were not subjected to torture or other maltreatment, according to a Grand Forks attorney who played key roles there."
