The death of Habeas Corpus

A country that rounds up people and hides them away without charging them might ordinarily be called a fascist state. It's not supposed to happen in the USA or, presumably, in states the USA controls. Nonetheless, the New York Times is reporting that the Army Says C.I.A. Hid More Iraqis Than It Claimed:

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - Army jailers in Iraq, acting at the Central Intelligence Agency's request, kept dozens of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and other detention facilities off official rosters to hide them from Red Cross inspectors, two senior Army generals said Thursday. The total is far more than had been previously reported.

It is impossible to prostlytize for liberty via the rule of law if the preacher doesn't believe in it.