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'''Michael Lohr''' is an [[United States|American]] lawyer, and officer in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora20040707>
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'''Michael Lohr''' is an [[United States|American]] lawyer, and officer in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora2004-07-07/><ref name=BureauNavalPersonnel1990-10-01/><ref name=LeadershipJAGCorps/><ref name=UsnBioMichalLohr/><ref name=RadmMichalLohr/>
 
==Education==
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|+ Education<ref name=UsnBioMichalLohr/><ref name=RadmMichalLohr/>
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! degree || institution || graduated
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| [[B.A.]] || [[University of Maryland]] || 1974
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| [[Juris Doctor]] || [[University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law|University of Maryland School of Law]]  || 1977
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| [[L.L.M.]] || [[George Washington University Law School]] || 1984
|-
| || [[Northwestern University]] || 2020
|}
 
==Career==
 
Lohr was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] while still at the [[University of Maryland]] in 1974.<ref name=UsnBioMichalLohr/><ref name=RadmMichalLohr/>
 
After holding a number of more junior positions Lohr was assigned as Deputy Legal Counsel to the [[Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman]], [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], in October 1993.<ref name=UsnBioMichalLohr/><ref name=RadmMichalLohr/>  In 1997 he was assigned the Chairman's Legal Counsel.  In 2000 he was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate General and Commander, Naval Legal Service Command. In July 2000.  In 2002 he was appointed [[Judge Advocate General]].
 
===Role in opposing the use of torture===
 
Lohr is notable for his participation in discussions, in December 2002, of reports that interrogators from the [[Joint Task Force 160]] and [[Joint Task Force 170]] were using controversial interrogation techniques on the captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora2004-07-07/>


Lohr is notable for his participation in discussions, in December 2002, of reports that interrogators from the [[Joint Task Force 160]] and [[Joint Task Force 170]] were using controversial interrogation techniques on the captives held in the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora20040707/>
Lohr was the Navy's [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy|Judge Advocate General]] in December 2002, when [[Alberto Mora]], the [[Department of the Navy]]'s General Counsel, convened several meetings of the Navy's most senior lawyers, to discuss the reports, from [[David Brant]], the Director of the [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS]], that the Navy's tenants at Guantanamo, were abusing their captives.<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora2004-07-07/>


Lohr was the Navy's [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy|Judge Advocate General]] in December 2002, when [[Alberto J. Mora]], the [[Department of the Navy]]'s General Counsel, convened several meetings of the Navy's most senior lawyers, to discuss the reports, from [[David Brant]], the Director of the [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS]], that the Navy's tenants at Guantanamo, were abusing their captives.
According to the ''[[Sun Sentinel]]'' in February 2003 Lohr wrote<ref name=SunSentinel2005-07-28/>:
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:"Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"<ref name=SunSentinel2005-07-28/>
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| url        = http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2005-07-28/news/0507271135_1_interrogation-military-lawyers-guantanamo-bay
| title      = Lawyers Protested Prison Questioning: Memos Say Harsh Methods Put U.s. Forces In Danger
| publisher  = [[Sun Sentinel]]
| date        = 2005-07-28
| accessdate  = 2012-06-11
| quote      = Rear Adm. Michael Lohr, the Navy's chief lawyer, wrote on Feb. 6, 2003, that while detainees at Guantanamo Bay might not qualify for international protections, "Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"
| author      = Neil A. Lewis
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<ref name=USNAlbertoJMora2004-07-07>
{{cite web
| url        = http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/mora_memo_july_2004.pdf
| title      = Memorandum from Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora to Navy Inspector General
| date        = 2004-07-07
| author      = [[Alberto Mora]]
| publisher  = [[United States Navy]]
| accessdate  = 2007-05-05
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018015418/https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/safefree/mora_memo_july_2004.pdf
| archivedate = 2014-12-30
| url-status  = live
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{{cite book
| url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&q=Michael+F+Lohr+&pg=PA180
| title      = Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty
| date        = October 1, 1990
| page        = 328
| publisher  = [[Bureau of Naval Personnel]]
| access-date = February 23, 2022}}
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| website    = [[U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
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| title      = Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031206141817/http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/people/flags/biographies/lohrmf.html
| archive-date= December 6, 2003-12-06
| access-date = February 24, 2022-02-24
| website    = [[U.S. Navy]]
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| title      = Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, JAGC, USN
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Michael Lohr
Other names * Michael F. Lohr
  • Michael Franklin Lohr
RADM Michael F Lohr, Judge Advocate General of the Navy.JPEG
Occupation lawyer, naval officer
Known for helped to make sure NCIS officials played no role in torturing individuals held in Guantanamo

Michael Lohr is an American lawyer, and officer in the United States Navy.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Education[4][5]
degree institution graduated
B.A. University of Maryland 1974
Juris Doctor University of Maryland School of Law 1977
L.L.M. George Washington University Law School 1984
Northwestern University 2020

Career

Lohr was commissioned as an Ensign while still at the University of Maryland in 1974.[4][5]

After holding a number of more junior positions Lohr was assigned as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, in October 1993.[4][5] In 1997 he was assigned the Chairman's Legal Counsel. In 2000 he was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate General and Commander, Naval Legal Service Command. In July 2000. In 2002 he was appointed Judge Advocate General.

Role in opposing the use of torture

Lohr is notable for his participation in discussions, in December 2002, of reports that interrogators from the Joint Task Force 160 and Joint Task Force 170 were using controversial interrogation techniques on the captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]

Lohr was the Navy's Judge Advocate General in December 2002, when Alberto Mora, the Department of the Navy's General Counsel, convened several meetings of the Navy's most senior lawyers, to discuss the reports, from David Brant, the Director of the NCIS, that the Navy's tenants at Guantanamo, were abusing their captives.[1]

According to the Sun Sentinel in February 2003 Lohr wrote[6]:

"Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alberto Mora (2004-07-07). Memorandum from Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora to Navy Inspector General. United States Navy. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
  2. ↑ (October 1, 1990) Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 
  3. ↑ Leadership - JAG Corps.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Rear Admiral Michael F. Lohr, JAGC, USN.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Neil A. Lewis. Lawyers Protested Prison Questioning: Memos Say Harsh Methods Put U.s. Forces In Danger, Sun Sentinel, 2005-07-28. Retrieved on 2012-06-11. “Rear Adm. Michael Lohr, the Navy's chief lawyer, wrote on Feb. 6, 2003, that while detainees at Guantanamo Bay might not qualify for international protections, "Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"”
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