The Death of the Rule of Law at Guantanamo

After years of CIA torture, it's impossible for anybody to get a fair trial. And now defendants are being diagnosed as "insane."

When I joined the CIA in January 1990, I did it to serve my country and to see the world.  I believed at the time that we were the “good guys.”  I believed that the United States was a force for good around the world.  I wanted to put my degrees—in Middle Eastern Studies/Islamic Theology and Legislative Affairs/Policy Analysis—to good use.  Seven years after joining the CIA, I made a move to counterterrorism operations to stave off boredom.  I still believed we were the good guys, and I wanted to help keep Americans safe.  My whole world, like the worlds of all Americans, changed dramatically and permanently on September 11, 2001.  Within months of the attacks, I found myself heading to Pakistan as the chief of CIA counterterrorism operations there.