 Diaz received numerous awards throughout his career and received the highest praises of his superiors in annual fitness reports.On July 28, 2006, Diaz was formally charged with improperly mailing suspected classified information about detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps to an individual unauthorized to receive it, in this case the Center for Constitutional Rights.Diaz was convicted and on May 18, 2007, he was sentenced to six months in prison and faced dismissal from the Navy.