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Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantánamo by Wittes, Benjamin
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- Publication Year
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- Publication Name
- Detention and Denial : the Case for Candor after Guantánamo
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"Our current stalemate over detention serves nobody--not 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 government regarding its detention policy and practices, and greater citizen awareness of the same. In Detention and Denial , he illustrates how U.S. detention policy is a tangle of obfuscation rather than a serious set of moral and legal decisions. Far from sharpening focus and defining clear parameters for action, it sends mixed signals, muddies the legal and military waters, and produces perverse incentives. Its random operation makes a mockery of the human rights concerns that prompted the limited amount of legal scrutiny that detention has received to date. The government may actually be painting itself into a corner, leaving itself unable to explain or justify actions it may need to take in the future. The situation is unsustainable and must be addressed. Preventive detention is a touchy subject, an easy target for eager-to-please candidates and indignant media, so public officials remain largely mum on the issue. Many Americans would be surprised to learn that no broad principle in American jurisprudence actually prohibits preventive detention; rather, the law "eschews it except when legislatures and courts deem it necessary to prevent grave public harm." But the habeas corpus legal cases that have come out of the Guant namo Bay detentionfacility--which remains open, despite popular expectations to the contrary--have addressed only a small slice of the overall issue and have not--and will not--produce a coherent body of policy. U.S. government and security forces need clear and consistent application of their detention policies, and Americans must be better informed about them. To that end, Wittes critiques America's current muddled detention policies and sets forth a detention policy based on candor. It would set clear rules and distinguish several types of detention, based on characteristics of the detainees themselves rather than where they were captured. Congress would follow steps to "devise a coherent policy to regulate the U.S. system of detention, a system that the country cannot avoid developing."
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Brookings Institution Press
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0815704917
ISBN-13
9780815704911
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Publication Name
Detention and Denial : the Case for Candor after Guantánamo
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
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"[Wittes outlines] with clarity and brevity the current state of preventive detention and why a considered position must be taken in relation to its future, rather than continuing the present approach of lurching from legal crisis to legal crisis." --Law and Politics Book Review, " Detention and Denial is a clear account of what's wrong with American detention policy. Benjamin Wittes has been speaking clearly about detention, a subject many policymakers and political leaders have not wanted to address. This brief volume brings it all together. Wittes offers a compelling argument about what our failure to act means for our own nation's security. Those wanting to learn more about Guantánamo and the law of counterterrorism should read this book." -U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R.-South Carolina), "For the past decade, Ben Wittes has been one of America's most serious and perceptive students of the intersection between law and counterterrorism. Detention and Denial is a balanced, tough-minded appraisal of what needs to be done to transform our ad hoc detention policy into a sustainable architecture that accommodates security imperatives and the rule of law. This should be on the top of the reading list for all three branches of government." -Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, " Detention and Denial is a clear account of what's wrong with Americandetention policy. Benjamin Wittes has been speaking clearly about detention,a subject many policymakers and political leaders have not wanted to address.This brief volume brings it all together. Wittes offers a compelling argumentabout what our failure to act means for our own nation's security. Thosewanting to learn more about Guantánamo and the law of counterterrorismshould read this book." —U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R.-South Carolina), "As always, Benjamin Wittes brings pragmatism and a refreshing honestyto a subject which is usually wrapped in layers of ideology, obfuscation,and deceit." —Anne Applebaum, Washington Post, "As always, Benjamin Wittes brings pragmatism and a refreshing honesty to a subject which is usually wrapped in layers of ideology, obfuscation, and deceit." -Anne Applebaum, Washington Post, "For the past decade, Ben Wittes has been one of America's most serious and perceptive students of the intersection between law and counterterrorism. Detention and Denial is a balanced, tough-minded appraisal of what needs to be done to transform our ad hoc detention policy into a sustainable architecture that accommodates security imperatives and the rule of law. This should be on the top of the reading list for all three branches of government." --Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, "[Wittes outlines with clarity and brevity the current state of preventive detention and why a considered position must be taken in relation to its future, rather than continuing the present approach of lurching from legal crisis to legal crisis." -Law and Politics Book Review, " Detention and Denial is a clear account of what's wrong with Americandetention policy. Benjamin Wittes has been speaking clearly about detention,a subject many policymakers and political leaders have not wanted to address.This brief volume brings it all together. Wittes offers a compelling argumentabout what our failure to act means for our own nation's security. Thosewanting to learn more about Guant namo and the law of counterterrorismshould read this book." —U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R.-South Carolina), " Detention and Denial is a clear account of what's wrong with American detention policy. Benjamin Wittes has been speaking clearly about detention, a subject many policymakers and political leaders have not wanted to address. This brief volume brings it all together. Wittes offers a compelling argument about what our failure to act means for our own nation's security. Those wanting to learn more about Guantánamo and the law of counterterrorism should read this book." --U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R.-South Carolina), "As always, Benjamin Wittes brings pragmatism and a refreshing honesty to a subject which is usually wrapped in layers of ideology, obfuscation, and deceit." --Anne Applebaum, Washington Post, "For the past decade, Ben Wittes has been one of America's most serious and perceptive students of the intersection between law and counterterrorism. Detention and Denial is a balanced, tough-minded appraisal of what needs to be done to transform our ad hoc detention policy into a sustainable architecture that accommodates security imperatives and the rule of law. This should be on the top of the reading list for all three branches of government." —Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Terrorism, Government / Federal, General, Courts, Criminology
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2010-039948
Dewey Decimal
343.73/01541
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Law, Social Science, Political Science
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