habeas corpus

Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department analyst who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War, offered insights into the looming attack on Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States at a recent American University symposium. What follow are his comments from that speech. They have been edited only for space.

This week Brian McLain continues his series by examining The John Warner Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, The Military Commissions Act of 2006, and the National Security Presidential Directive 51.