Detention and denial
Subtitle: the case for candor after Guantánamo
By: Benjamin Wittes
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780815704911
Subjects: Terrorism; Law and legislation; Detention of persons; Prevention
Description: "Discusses the legal, political, and moral ramifications of the current U.S. approach to handling detention of terrorist suspects and reviews in particular the historical and current uses of preventive detention under American law in arguing for a formal, statutory system of rules to govern detention in the context of counterterrorism operations."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Current U.S. policy; title: The mythology and reality of preventive detention in the United States; title: The emerging law of detention; title: The problems that denial cannot solve; title: The case for candor; title: Conclusion.