Patrick M. McCarthy is a retired

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lawyer and officer in the

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. He was appointed

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on July 12, 2001. He was appointed

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on May 23, 2006. McCarthy was Staff Judge Advocate in

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from November 1992 until July 1995, legal advisor to the

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at the

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from July 1995 to August 1997, Staff Judge Advocate to the

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from June 1998 to July 2001, Staff Judge Advocate of

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from May 2006 to July 2008, and in 2010 was Staff Judge advocate to Joint Task Force 435 (TF 435), which is responsible for U.S. detention policy in

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.Captain McCarthy is currently a leader of Price, Waterhouse Cooper Global Intelligence Operations Center and is a senior Director in the Strategic Threat and International Anti-corruption & Program Integrity Practice Groups.

United States Naval Academy

Then Lt. Cdr. McCarthy, while posted as legal advisor to the Commandant of Midshipmen, was involved in the arrest and eventual conviction of

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for murdering Adrianne Jones. When McCarthy was informed Midshipmen had indicated Ms. Zamora had participated in the murder, McCarthy called authorities in the

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area, and Ms. Zamora was finally arrested, and later convicted, for the crime. McCarthy was eventually called as a witness at the trial of Zamora.

Guantanamo Bay

McCarthy was appointed

's Staff Judge Advocate, its lead attorney, from May 2006 to mid-2008. He was interviewed on the program, "Fresh Air": He filed an affidavit, accompanying a court filing, noting that detainee lawyers had gathered information from the detainees for news organizations, and the lawyers had provided detainees with accounts of events outside Guantanimo, like a speech at an Amnesty International conference and details of terrorist attacks. ''Such information,'' his affidavit said, ''threatens the security of the camp, as it could incite violence among the detainees.'' He said that in one case a detainee's attorney took questions from a BBC reporter with him into a meeting with a detainee at the camp, and that such indirect interviews are "inconsistent with the purpose of counsel access" at the prison. Captain McCarthy gave testimony at the trial of

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, where he stated "Mr. Khadr was always very respectful...He had a pleasant demeanor. He was friendly." Captain McCarthy went on to state "Fifteen-year-olds, in my opinion, should not be held to the same level of accountability as adults", arguing that Omar Khadr has the potential to be rehabilitated.

Afghanistan

In 2010, Captain McCarthy served as Staff Judge Advocate to Joint Task Force 435, which is responsible for U.S. detention policy in Afghanistan. After this 13-month tour, Captain McCarthy was stationed as Staff Judge Advocate at United States Pacific Command on August 1, 2011.

PwC and BRN

Retired from the Navy, McCarthy is currently the leader of

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's Global Intelligence Operations Center as a senior Director in the Strategic Threat and International Anti-corruption & Program Integrity Practice Groups. In this role, he advises clients globally in both the public and private sectors on myriad operational, ethical, regulatory and crisis related challenges. He is also the

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of BRN Associates, Inc., together with Vice Chairman David Allen White.. —

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