WASHINGTON \u2014 A Navy lawyer sentenced to six months behind bars for sending the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees to a human-rights attorney is set to appeal his conviction to the U.S. military\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n
Oral arguments were scheduled Tuesday morning before the U.S. Armed Forces Court of Appeals in Washington.<\/p>\n
The case involves Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz, of Topeka, Kan. He was convicted in 2007 of communicating secret information that could be used to injure the United States, and leaking information to unauthorized personnel.<\/p>\n
The names were in an unsigned valentine to a Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer.<\/p>\n
Diaz said before his conviction that leaking the names was right because the detainees were being mistreated. But he said at his sentencing that his actions were cowardly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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