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Gary D. Brown is an

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lawyer and former officer in the

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. He was the official U.S. observer to the drafting of the ''

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on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare'' (2013) and is a member of the International Group of Experts that authored ''Tallinn Manual 2.0'' (2017). Professor Brown also appeared as the legal expert in the documentary film ''

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'' (2016).

Academic career

Publications

Guantanamo military commission

In 2017 Brown was appointed the legal advisor to a Guantanamo military commission's newly appointed

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. Rishikof and Brown's appointments were terminated in early 2018. Observers commented that their termination suggested a disagreement between the pair and their superiors at the Pentagon. In July 2020 Brown told ''

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'' that he and Rishikof had been negotiating plea agreements with the lawyers of the men facing charges. They'd take the death penalty off the table, if the suspects agreed to plead guilty and accept a sentence of life imprisonment.

Whistleblower

In 2019 Brown formally filed a whistleblower report alleging substantial government waste, at Guantanamo. According to Brown, operating costs at Guantanamo had been $6 billion.

References

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