Fred Borch

Who is Fred Borch?

Colonel Frederic L. Borch is a career United States Army attorney with a Master's in National Security Studies, who served as Chief Prosecutor of the Guantanamo military commissions. He resigned his commission in August 2005 after three prosecutors complained that he had rigged the system against providing due process to defendants. He was replaced by Robert L. Swann

He worked for a time as a civilian consultant for the prosecution teams of the Guantanamo military commissions. In 2006 he was hired for the position of the first archive historian for the Judge Advocate General Corps. He was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for 2012-2013 to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden, teaching issues in terrorism and counter-terrorism.