War court judge pursued immigration job for years while presiding over USS Cole case
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A military judge in what was to be Guantánamo’s first death-penalty trial spent more than half his tenure on the war court bench seeking civilian employment as an immigration judge, documents obtained by McClatchy show.
Air Force Col. Vance Spath was presiding in the USS Cole tribunal — the precursor to Guantánamo’s more high-profile Sept. 11 capital murder trial — and was looking for a way out. He would eventually secure that position with an appointment from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions this summer.