Talk:Thomas Hartmann

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I reverted two edits, both of which I am sure were made in good faith.
 * I reverted this edit because it introduced a serious inaccuracy. Thomas W. Hartmann wasn't the director of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.  Guantanamo had:
 * Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, existed since around 1903 -- a Captain (USN)'s command.
 * Joint Task Force Guantanamo, existed since 2002 -- a two star command, deputy a one star.
 * Joint Detention Group, responsible for the guard force, the commander was always a Colonel, and a subordinate of the JTF-GTMO commandant.
 * Office of Military Commissions, existed since 2004, the director, called the "Convening Authority" is technically a civilian, although the 1st and 3rd directors were retired flag officers.
 * Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants, existed from 2004-2008, the first director was an Admiral, later directors were Captain (USN) and Colonels. Officially though the Designated Civilian Official, technically a civilian, Gordon England was first also the Secretary of the Navy, until he was promoted to Deputy Secretary of Defense.
 * Thomas W. Hartmann was none of these. He was the "Legal Advisor" to the Convening Authority -- making him second in command of the Office of Military Commissions.
 * I reverted this edit because redlinks are allowed when they point the actual article that contains the redlink. There is supposed to be a blue-link to an article that uses the red-link.  There was a problem with this red-link, but the fix was at the other end.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 02:04, 20 April 2010 (UTC)