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| birth_date  = 1952-04-11
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'''Alberto Mora''' was an [[American people|American]] lawyer and public official.
 
In early 2002 he was [[General Counsel of the Navy]] when [[David Grant]], then the Director of the [[Naval Criminal Investigation Service]] ([[NCIS]]) informed Mora that interrogators were torturing individuals held in the newly created [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s.<ref name=tjaglcsAlbertoMoraLecture2019/>
 
In 2006 Mora was chosen by the [[John F. Kennedy Library]] as a [[John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award|John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Recipient]], for his efforts to prevent the use of torture.<ref name=JRKProfileInCourageAward/>
 
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{{cite web
| url        = https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/award-recipients/alberto-mora-2006
| title      = Award Recipients: Alberto Mora, 2006 
| publisher  = [[John F. Kennedy Library]]
| accessdate  = May 8, 2007
| date        = 2006
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{{cite news     
| url        = https://tjaglcs.army.mil/mlr/the-first-thomas-j.-romig-lecture-in-principled-legal-practice
| title      = The First Thomas J. Romig Lecture in Principled Legal Practice
| volume      = 227
| issue      = 4
| year        = 2019
| work        = [[The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School]]
| author      = [[Alberto Mora]]
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| accessdate  = 2024-02-04
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| quote      = In November of 2002, then-NCIS director David Brant took me aside after a meeting on an unrelated issue and said to me, in a low voice: {{'}}We [meaning NCIS] are hearing rumors that detainees are being abused in Guantanamo. Do you want to hear more?{{'}}
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| quote      = He served as the Director of NCIS for his last 8 years with the agency and was influential in creating the CBS show, NCIS, with Mark Harmon. He was a director with Deloitte Consulting for six years. Just prior to joining the Memorial Fund, he served as the Managing Director of BDO’s Federal Practice.
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{{cite news   
| url        = https://justfacts.votesmart.org/public-statement/143315/tribute-to-david-l-brant
| title      = TRIBUTE TO DAVID L. BRANT
| work        = [[United States Senate]]
| author      = [[John Warner]]
| date        = 2005-12-14
| location    = [[Washington, DC]]
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| quote      = Mr. President, I take this opportunity to recognize a dedicated law enforcement official at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, NCIS, David L. Brant, who is retiring after 28 years of service to the United States.
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<ref name=witnesstoguantanamo2011-03-11>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://witnesstoguantanamo.com/videos/mora-put-his-career-on-the-line/
| title      = Mora Put His Career on the Line
| work        = [[Witness to Guantanamo]]
| author      = David Brant
| date        = 2011-03-11
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200925161302/http://witnesstoguantanamo.com/videos/mora-put-his-career-on-the-line/
| archivedate = 2020-09-25
| accessdate  = 2020-12-28
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| quote      = Brant reported questionable interrogation techniques to Alberto Mora, then General Counsel of the Navy.
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| title      = Beware 'Us vs. Them' thinking, says former NCIS chief: Brant, who earned master's at ISU, led Naval Criminal Investigative Service
| work        = [[Tribune-Star]]
| author      = Lisa Trigg
| date        = 2019-10-14
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| quote      = He also worked for the National Law Officers Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C., and the National Law Enforcement Museum.
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{{cite web
| url        = http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/mora_memo_july_2004.pdf
| title      = Memorandum from Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora to Navy Inspector General
| date        = 2004-07-07
| author      = [[Alberto J. Mora]]
| publisher  = [[United States Navy]]
| accessdate  = 2007-05-05
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018015418/https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/safefree/mora_memo_july_2004.pdf
| archivedate = 2014-12-30
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<ref name=TheNewYorker2006-02-27>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?060227fa_fact
| publisher  = [[The New Yorker]]
| title      = The Memo: How an internal effort to ban the abuse and torture of detainees was thwarted.
| author      = [[Jane Mayer]]
| date        = 2006-02-27
}}
</ref>
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Alberto Mora
Other names Alberto J. Mora
Alberto Mora.jpg
Born 1952-04-11
Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation former General Counsel of the Navy
Known for took a stand opposing the use of torture at Guantanamo

Alberto Mora was an American lawyer and public official.

In early 2002 he was General Counsel of the Navy when David Grant, then the Director of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) informed Mora that interrogators were torturing individuals held in the newly created Guantanamo Bay detention camps.[1]

In 2006 Mora was chosen by the John F. Kennedy Library as a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Recipient, for his efforts to prevent the use of torture.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Alberto Mora. The First Thomas J. Romig Lecture in Principled Legal Practice, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. Retrieved on 2024-02-04. “In November of 2002, then-NCIS director David Brant took me aside after a meeting on an unrelated issue and said to me, in a low voice: 'We [meaning NCIS] are hearing rumors that detainees are being abused in Guantanamo. Do you want to hear more?'”
  2. ↑ Award Recipients: Alberto Mora, 2006. John F. Kennedy Library (2006). Retrieved on May 8, 2007.

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