Charlotte Wise (lawyer)

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Charlotte Wise
Captain Charlotte Wise, USN JAG.png
Occupation professor lawyer, naval officer
Known for helped to make sure NCIS officials played no role in torturing individuals held in Guantanamo

Charlotte Wise is an American professor, lawyer, and former officer in the United States Navy.[1]

Wise played a role 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]

Wise was one of Alberto J. Mora, the Department of the Navy's General Counsel two military and executive assistants.[1] Mora convened the meeting when David Brant, the Director of the NCIS, drew Mora's attention to use of the questionable interrogation techniques.

Wise served 23 years in the United States Navy, her last assignment was as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School.[2][3]

In the winter of 2009, after retiring from the Navy, George Washington Law School at George Washington University, appointed Wise their Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alberto J. 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. Charlotte Wise. Premiere Training at NJS, Jag Mag, Winter 2007. Retrieved on 2022-12-16.
  3. 3.0 3.1 GW Law Welcomes New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Retrieved on 2022-12-16. “Following a distinguished, 23-year career as an attorney in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, Charlotte Wise joined GW Law last spring as associate dean for academic affairs. A highly decorated Navy captain, Wise comes to GW straight from a tour as commanding officer of the Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I.”