took a position as a professor of International Law, focusing on counter-terrorism. Guantanamo Bay military commission Responding to the United States Supreme Court decision in Rasul v. Bush (2004) that detainees had the right to challenge their detention before an impartial tribunal, the Department of Defense set up a system of Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Administrative Review Boards, and Military Commissions, the last to try defendants charged with war crimes. Borch was appointed as Chief Prosecutor of the Military Commission in 2004. He worked to prepare for trials starting in 2005. Alleged corruption of the Guantanamo hearings On June 15, 2005 Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that: In August 2005 the prosecutors Capt. John Carr, Maj. Robert Preston wrote that Borch told them that the presiding officers had been chosen because they would be sure to convict. He reportedly said that all evidence that suggested that the suspects were innocent would be given a "secret" security classification, which would exclude it from the defense teams' review or knowledge. Borch denounced the two men's statements, claiming they were "monstrous lies", but resigned his commission Following Borch's replacement both Peter Brownback, the commission's President, and Swann, the replacement for Chief Prosecutor, recommended the removal of the other two members of the commission, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Timothy K. Toomey and Army Lieutenant Colonel Curt S. Cooper. Toomey was an intelligence officer who had helped capture suspects in Afghanistan. Cooper had admitted to referring to Guantanamo prisoners indiscriminately as "terrorists." Later life After retirement from the military, Borch worked for the Guantanamo prosecution teams as a civilian consultant. In addition, he has been serving as President of the Orders and Medals Society of America since 2010 and he is an active contributor to its journal. Borch published a book on military decorations of the U.S. Army and Air Force in 2013. In 2006 Borch was hired for the position of the first archive historian for the JAG office. In 2009, Borch was hired by The American Film Company as an adviser for the production of The Conspirator (2010). Directed by Robert Redford, the movie is about the military commission that in 1865 tried Mary Surratt and the other conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. The film stars James McAvoy and Robin Wright. Borch was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for 2012–2013, as a visiting professor at the University of Leiden