Mike Lebowitz

Mike Lebowitz
Born
Michael J. Lebowitz

(1977-08-21) August 21, 1977 (age 49)
Cleveland, Ohio
EducationKent State University
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
OccupationAttorney
Military career
Branch
U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division
Service years
2005-2006

Michael J. Lebowitz (born August 21, 1977) is a Washington, D.C., attorney and expert in the field of military law, national security, cyber, and Military Expression. He has published a number of legal articles on First Amendment issues pertaining to the military as well as the field of national security and war crimes. In 2009, he became a prosecutor in the Military Commission for the terrorism and war crimes suspects detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He frequently appears in the media as a legal expert on national security and cyber issues.

Background

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lebowitz has a journalism degree from Kent State University (1999) and a Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law (2003). In 2005–2006, he served in Iraq as a Pathfinder with the 101st Airborne Division, where he helped capture foreign fighters. After returning from Iraq, he began advocating on behalf of military families and veterans. Lebowitz continues to serve as a military lawyer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army Reserve.

Military law

Lebowitz is an attorney in the field of military law, national security, and cyber law, and gained notoriety on military free speech issues where he served as defense counsel in a number of cases where uniformed personnel faced discipline for speech-related activities. Lebowitz has worked on trials involving military freedom and expression. He lectures on the subject and is asked to serve as a media resource on the impact technology continues to play in the field of military free speech. More recently, he has written on the subject of war crimes and national security, and has served as a war crimes prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay. He was a longtime Guantanamo Bay prosecutor assigned to the capital case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and others accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. He later became chief legal advisor to Army Cyber Command.

References

  1. ↑ "Antiwar to the Corps". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. 1 2 Terrorist Speech: Detained Propagandists and the Issue of Extraterritorial Application of the First Amendment https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&doctype=cite&docid=9+First+Amend.+L.+Rev.+573&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&key=1bd35066d1029163f2596c5b602da16b
  3. 1 2 Lebowitz, Michael J. (2011). "Anti-war & Anti-Gitmo: Military Expression and the Dilemma of Licensed Professionals in Uniform" (PDF). Journal of International Law. 43 (3): 579–602. ISSN 0008-7254. OCLC 774260546.
  4. 1 2 The Cyber-Enemy: Using the Military Justice System to Prosecute Organized Computer Attackers http://illinoisjltp.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Lebowitz.pdf
  5. 1 2 Lebowitz, Michael J. (2010). "The Value of Claiming Torture: An Analysis of al Qaeda's Tactical Lawfare Strategy and Efforts to Fight Back" (PDF). Journal of International Law. 43 (1–2): 357–393. ISSN 0008-7254. OCLC 775376693.
  6. 1 2 A Question of Allegiance: Choosing Between Dueling Versions of ‘Aiding the Enemy’ During War Crimes Prosecution http://www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-111121-039.pdf Archived 2013-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 Detailing Memorandum United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, et al http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2012/04/17/10/57/1174fl.So.56.pdf
  8. 1 2 About the 9/11 War Crimes Trial http://www.miamiherald.com/2008/02/27/v-fullstory/436366/about-the-911-war-crimes-trial.html
  9. 1 2 "Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices". CBS News. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
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  18. ↑ Facebook Face-Off, Military Times http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20091208/OFFDUTY02/912080302/Facebook-face-off Archived 2013-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ Reeher, Grant (August 15, 2026). "Michael Lebowitz on the Campbell Conversations". WRVO. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Zip it, Soldier!" Mother Jones[dead link]
  21. ↑ "Antiwar to the Corps: Marine Reservist-Protesters Face Discipline", by David Montgomery. Washington Post May 31, 2007; Page C01.
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  23. ↑ "The Rise and Fall of a Military Blogger", Army Times
  24. ↑ Jeff Stein; Michael Isikoff; Karen Greenberg (June 4, 2026). "How a Terror Case Fizzled". SpyTalk (Podcast). MSW Media. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  25. ↑ Whartnaby, Taylor (August 20, 2026). "UTSA restores systems after cyber breach, but students still locked out of services". News 4 San Antonio. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  26. ↑ NTD Live (August 25, 2026). "US Infrastructure Faces Heightened Cyber Threat". LinkedIn. Retrieved August 29, 2026.