Detention and Denial

"Our current stalemate over detention serves nobodynot the military or any other component of the U.S. government that has to operate overseas.... It is a system that no rational combination of values or strategic considerations would have produced; it could have emerged only as a consequence of a clash of interests that produced a clear victory for nobody."from the Introduction Benjamin Wittes issues a persuasive call for greater coherence, clarity, and public candor from the American governmen