Nancy J. Paul
Nancy J. Paul is an officer in the United States Air Force.
Education
Military career
Paul received a direct commission into the United States Air Force as a Judge Advocate General in 1988.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul is notable for her appointment as a Presiding Officer for a Guantanamo military commission.
Paul is the most junior officer appointed to serve as a Presiding Officer. All the other Presiding Officers are full Colonels or Captains in the United States Navy.
Presided over Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi's Commission
Paul was appointed the Presiding Officer of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi's military commission in early 2008.
On May 22, 2008, after hearing that Al Qosi didn't trust his assigned military lawyer, and had refused to meet with her, and had not been allowed to communicate with his family she ordered that a phone call be arranged, so they could secure civilian lawyers to aid in his defense.
This order stirred controversy when Pauline Storum, a Guantanamo spokesman falsely claimed the next day that the call had already been completed.