On March 24, 2013, when Admiral Bruce MacDonald's three-year term as Guantanamo Convening Authority expired Sanz was appointed to serve as the fourth Convening Authority—on an interim basis.[2][3] He was again named interim convening authority for military commissions on March 18, 2015, upon the announcement of the resignation of Vaughn Ary from that position.[4]
In 2018, he was named general counsel for the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, a role in which he oversees the Lab's Office of Technology Transfer and serves as strategic advisor to the APL director for commercialization, which he still holds today.[5]
^Charlie Savage (May 14, 2013). "Lawyers Press Pentagon to Abide by Detainee Deal". The New York Times. p. A14. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Noor has kept both the letter and spirit of his promises under the plea agreement, but the government has not," the filing says. "More than two years have passed since the written plea agreement was signed by the government, and yet the convening authority continues to delay in carrying out the procedural steps necessary to pave the way for Noor's release and repatriation. As a matter of contract law and basic fairness, the plea agreement between Noor and the government should be enforced.
