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BBC\nGuantanamo prosecutor steps down
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\nCol Vendeveld wanted to negotiate a plea deal, defence lawyers say
\nA US military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has resigned in what defence lawyers describe as a row over ethics.
\nLt Col Darrel Vandeveld had quit because his office suppressed evidence that could have cleared a client, defence lawyer Major David Frakt said.
\nThe chief prosecutor has confirmed the resignation, but he denied withholding any evidence.
\nThe case involves an Afghan detainee accused of throwing a grenade at a US military jeep, injuring three people.
\nThe prosecution is said to have withheld evidence that others had confessed to carrying out the attack.
\nCol Vendeveld is the fourth Guantanamo military prosecutor to quit.
\nCourt declaration
\nCol Lawrence Morris, the Guantanamo military commissions chief prosecutor, told reporters that there were no grounds for Col Vandeveld’s “ethical qualms”.
\n“All you have is somebody who is disappointed that his superiors didn’t see the wisdom of his recommendations in the case,” Col Morris said.
\nMaj Frakt told reporters that Col Vandeveld had wanted to negotiate a plea deal for the detainee, but that his superiors had blocked this.
\nCol Vandeveld has not commented publically, but made his concerns known in an declaration to the military court at Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n