Rebecca S. Snyder

Rebecca S. Snyder is an American appellate defense attorney in Washington DC. She is notable for her work, along with Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, as counsel for Omar Khadr, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, charged with murder for the death of an American soldier during a skirmish in Afghanistan on July 27, 2002.[1][2][3]

Rebecca Snyder, while working on Omar Khadr's case.

Snyder was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. She served in the Judge Advocate General Corps.

Snyder has worked in the field of securities exchange in her civilian practice at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.

Snyder represented Omar Khadr as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense.[4] As part of her efforts on Khadr's behalf Snyder appeared before the Human Rights subcommittee of the Parliament of Canada.[5][6] The next day Snyder and Kuebler met with Stéphane Dion, leader of the Opposition.[7]

On February 4, 2008 Snyder argued that even if Khadr had killed an American soldier during the invasion of Afghanistan, it was not a war crime since killing soldiers was "part of what war is about". However, the U.S. position that Khadr should be tried at the military tribunal as he operated without a uniform and quartered himself amongst civilians contra to the Laws of Land Warfare was summed up by Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Groharing, who said "The accused and the terrorists he was working with did not belong to a legitimate army. They belonged to al-Qaeda,":[8]

On January 13, 2009, Snyder was quoted predicting that charges against Khadr would be dropped, when Barack Obama became President.[9] According to the National Post she said:

We can't imagine that the new president will move to close the camps without also addressing the military commissions. Otherwise, it may seem that he may end up giving [Mohammed] [sic] a fairer trial than Omar Khadr, a former child soldier.

References
  1. Steven Edwards, Juliet O'Neill (May 1, 2008). "Ruling called 'an embarrassment'". Regina Leader Post. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. William Kuebler, Rebecca S. Snyder (October 9, 2007). "Omar Ahmed Khadr v. US and US Court of Military Commission Review -- Petition for review" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  3. "United States of America v. Omar Ahmed Khadr" (PDF). United States Court of Military Commission Review. September 24, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. "Omar Khadr's Lawyers Comment on the Case". Miami Herald. March 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  5. Omar El Akkab (April 29, 2008). "Khadr lawyer takes case to Parliament Hill" (PDF). The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  6. "MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS". The Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Khadr Must Be Repatriated to Receive Just Treatment". Liberal Party of Canada. April 30, 2008. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  8. "Lawyers for Khadr want charges dropped". CBC News. February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Khadr charges will be dropped, lawyer predicts". National Post. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
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