Participants

When the Pentagon’s Guantanamo Bay Convening Authority authorized our Military Commission Observation Project (MCOP) to begin sending our representatives to Ft. Meade, Maryland and Guantanamo Bay to observe Military Commission hearings, decisions had to be made as to who would be eligible to be a MCOP representative. Discussions were held between and among various individuals, both inside and outside the Indiana University McKinney School of Law. The newly formed IU McKinney Ad Hoc MCOP Advisory Council also participated in these discussions. Ultimately, the decision was reached that all IU McKinney Affiliates would be eligible to participate in missions to Guantanamo Bay and Ft. Meade and that “IU McKinney Affiliates” be defined to include IU McKinney faculty, staff, students, and graduates.

Only IU Affiliates are eligible to register for consideration to serve as Military Commission Observers in Ft. Meade or Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For those IU Affiliates interested in serving as a Military Commission Observer, information on upcoming observation dates is now available online on the PIHRL website. Observation opportunities are posted as soon as they become available. Individuals interested in becoming an Military Commission Observer are encouraged to check the site often as new observation opportunities are constantly updated.

An online registration/application form must be completed by individuals seeking to serve as a Military Commission Observer at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or Fort Meade, Maryland.

Participants

In addition to Professor George E. Edwards, the following IU Affiliates have been selected to serve as NGO Observers at either Guantanamo Bay, Cuba or Ft. Meade, Maryland.

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Students

Salam Almarhoon, Ft. Meade, Maryland, June 2014
Abdulrahman Alwashali, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland (cancelled)
Abdulrahman Alwashali, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, March 2015
Abdulrahman Alwashali, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Islam Attia, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Jessica Ayer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 2017
Jessica Ayer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 2018
Sukrat Baber, Ft. Meade, Maryland, May 2014
Luke Bielawski, Ft. Meade, Maryland, April 2014
Tex Boonjue, Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Tex Boonjue, Ft. Meade, Maryland, July 2015
Tex Boonjue, Ft. Meade, Maryland, July 2015
Tex Boonjue, Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Tex Boonjue, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 2016 (cancelled)
Tex Boonjue, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2017 (withdrawn)
Madison Bowsher, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2019
Tex Boonjue, Guantanamo Bay, March 2017
Nicole Burts, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Nicole Burt, Guantanamo, Cuba, June 2019
Justin Byers, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Chandler Carney, Ft. Meade, Maryland,January 2016
Heejong Alice Choi, Ft. Meade, Maryland, July 2015
Michael Cunningham, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Niesha Denagall, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Shashan DeYoung, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 2018
Erica Drew, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Ashley Eve, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Aline Fagundes, LL.M., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2017
Aline Fagundes, LL.M., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 2016
Aline Fagundes, LL.M., Pentagon, March 2017
Katherine Forbes, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
David Frangos, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 2016
Braylon Gagnon, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Frank Garrett, Ft. Meade, Maryland, August 2014
Natalie Gaynier, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2019
Benjamin Hicks, Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Benjamin Hicks, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Benjamin Hicks, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2016
Benjamin Hicks, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2018
Benjamin Hicks, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2019
Emily Hunter, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2019
Justin Jones, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Jeri Jones, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Alexandra Keller, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2019
Matt Kubacki, Ft. Meade, Maryland, August 2014
Clarence Leatherbury, Ft. Meade, Maryland, May 2014
Johanna Leblanc, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2017
Meredith Lee, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Zhu Lin, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Kayleigh Long, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Kristi McMains, Ft. Meade, Maryland, May 2014
Matt Miller, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Caroline Obermaier, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland
Caroline Obermaier, LL.M., January 2016 (cancelled)
Taylor Pearson, Guantanamo Bay, July 2019 (cancelled)
Daniel Pereira, LL.M., July 2019
Brent Pierce, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Brent Pierce, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2017
Melanie Price, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Melanie Price, LL.M., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2015
Luke Purdy, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba October 2014
Luke Purdy, Ft. Meade, Maryland, December 2015
Julie Richie, Ft. Meade, Maryland, August 2014
Maria Ringwald, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Sharon Roberts, Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Faisel Sadat, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Casey Seaton, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Viktoriia Serediuk-Buz, LL.M., Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016 (cancelled)
Katie Sheean, Ft. Meade, Maryland, January 2016
Tyler Smith, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, September 2015
Tyler Smith, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2015
Tyler Smith, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2015
Tyler Smith, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 2017
Seth Smoker, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Jason Sprinkle, Guantanamo Bay, September 2014
Josiah Swinney, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Qifan Wang, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 2014
Garrett Welch, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2019
Adam Wicker, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Heather Wilhemus, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Sheila Willard, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016
Sheila Willard, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2017
Sheila Willard, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 2017
Sheila Willard, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2018
Judith Wright, Ft. Meade, Maryland, October 2016

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Alumni

Megan Alvarez ’09, Ft. Meade, Maryland, June 2014
Margaret Baumgartner ’10, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2015
Margaret Baumgartner ’10, Ft. Meade, Maryland, August 2014
Tim Button ’04, Ft. Meade, Maryland, May 2014
Meghan Cox, Ft. Meade, Maryland, March 2015
Charles Dunlap ’96, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 2014
Charles Dunlap ’96, Ft. Meade, Maryland, May 2014
Charles Dunlap ’96, Guantanamo Bay ,Cuba, August 2017
Charles Dunlap ’96, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 2019 (cancelled)
Hattie Harman ’10, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 2014
Hattie Harman ’10, Ft. Meade, Maryland, April 2014
Jacob Irven ’18, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, September 2018
Jeff Kerner ’02, Ft. Meade, Maryland, April 2014
Leontiy Korolev ’12, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2016
Leontiy Korolev ’12, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2016
Leontiy Korolev ’12, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Summer 2016
Leontiy Korolev ’12, Ft. Meade, Maryland, February 2016
Matthew Kubal, ’09, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 2016
Matt Kubal ’09, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2015
Matt Kubal ’09, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 2015
Johanna Leblanc ’17, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2017
Paul Logan ’94, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 2018
Paul Logan ’94, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 2018
Greg Loyd, ’02, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 2015
Jeff Meding ’13, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2014
Jeff Papa ’99 (LL.M. ’10), Ft. Meade, Maryland April 2014
Jeff Papa ’99 (LL.M. ’10), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 2014
Brent Pierce, J.D., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2017
Luke Purdy ’15, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , August 2015
Judge Patricia Riley ’74, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2014
Avril Rua, LL.M. ’11, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2015
Paul Schilling ’10, Ft. Meade, Maryland January 2016
Paul Schilling ’10, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 2016
James Zender ’12, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, May 2014

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Faculty

George Edwards, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- May 2014, June 2014, July 2014, October 2014, February 2015, April 2015, multiple missions in 2016, January 2017, March 2017, multiple missions in 2018, multiple missions in 2019
George Edwards, Ft. Meade, Maryland
- December 2013, February 2015, March 2015, July 2015, August 2015, August 2015, January 2016, February 2016, multiple missions in 2016, January 2017
Andy Klein, Ft. Meade, Maryland, September 2014
Andy Klein, Ft. Meade, October 2014
Andy Klein, Ft. Meade, Maryland, Summer 2016
Catherine Lemmer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, December 2014
Catherine Lemmer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 2015
Catherine Lemmer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, December 2015
Catherine Lemmer, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 2016
Larissa Sullivant, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 2018
Larissa Sullivant, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 2019
Tom Wilson, Guantanamo Bay, February 2015

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Affiliates

Justice Steven David, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, December 2019

IU McKinney Faculty & Staff Who Have Been Selected to

Travel to the Pentagon to Monitor Guantanamo Bay’s Periodic Review Boards (PRBs)

In addition to Professor George E. Edwards, the following IU McKinney Affiliates have been selected to serve as NGO Monitors at Periodic Review Board (PRBs) held at the Pentagon, broadcast live from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ,IU McKinney “Affiliates” include IU McKinney students, faculty, staff and graduates.

IU McKinney Students