Terrorism as War: Implications for State Power and Individual Rights
In: Thinking About War and Peace: Past, Present, and Future
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Jonathan Hafetz
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This chapter will examine the impact of America’s ‘war on terrorism’ on the detention and treatment of terrorism suspects. It will describe how framing the fight against terrorism in terms of war rather than criminal law enforcement has led to important changes in U.S. counter-terrorism policy since 9/11. The chapter will focus in particular on the growth of indefinite detention, the use of military commissions to try terrorism suspects, and the reliance on highly coercive interrogation techniques. The chapter will then draw some broader conclusions about the ways in which the ‘war on terrorism’ is expanding state power at the expense of individual liberties.