Topeka Naval Officer Convicted of Leaking Gitmo Secrets

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Topeka Naval Officer Convicted of Leaking Gitmo Secrets Posted: 5:33 a.m. 5/18/07 Prosecutors claim that Naval lawyer sent out the names of detainees in a unsigned Valentine's Day card.

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) _ A Navy lawyer from Kansas was found guilty
of communicating secret information about Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Forty-one-year-old Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz of Topeka
was also convicted yesterday of three charges of leaking information to an unauthorized person.

A Navy court-martial in Virginia acquitted him of one charge. Diaz could face up to 14 years in prison at sentencing, which begins Friday.

Prosecutors said Diaz mailed a human-rights lawyer a printout of
the names of detainees in an unsigned Valentine's Day card.

Defense attorneys said the information was not labeled classified and that Diaz had no reason to think the document could be used against the United States.

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Posted by: .... 3,406 American Soldiers are DEAD due to the LIES of the IDIOT DUBYA ... on May 18, 2007 at 06:47 PM

"If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is." The AWOL, ALCOHOLIC, COCAINE ADDICTED, DRY DRUNK, IDIOT DUBYA February 11, 2004 Yet, Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby remain free.
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Posted by: National HYPOCRISY Location: IMPEACH CHENEY AND THE IDIOT DUBYA! on May 18, 2007 at 02:21 PM

First of all, it's spelled "prosecutOrs" Torture Chambers like this are ILLEGAL, as guaranteed by the United States Recognition of the Geneva Conventions, only the republiSCUMT Reich Wing, HYPOCRITICAL, Radical X-tian EXTREMISTS support INHUMANITY of TORTURE! Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz should be given a medal for his bravery and his record should be expunged. This miscarriage of justice follows the violations of National Security by CONVICTED former Chief of Staff for VP Cheney, Scooter Libby, for disseminating and exposing and undercover CIA agent's identity. The actions of the IDIOT DUBYA'S administration are VULGAR and HYPOCRITICAL! 3,403 American Soldiers are DEAD due to the LIES of the IDIOT DUBYA!
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