false 501875 1 <P>September 11, 2001, sparked a firestorm of racial profiling, detentions and deportations by the United States government so grievous as to evoke the shameful internment of Japanese Americans of more than half a century past. Thousands have been imprisoned without either trial or any kind of judicial hearing: detained, often indefinitely, solely on the say-so of the executive. Yet knowledge of the particular circumstances and incidents of the detentions remains dim.</P><P><I>America's Disappeared: Secret Imprisonment Detainees and the "War on Terror"</I> brings together, for the first time, detainees' own testimonies with a comprehensive framework for understanding the issues by leading constitutional scholars working for their release. Going beyond the prevailing accounts to a detailed exploration of detention-the forms currently in use, and the conditions of each-the authors authoritatively refute its alleged justifications, boldly exploring its human costs.</P><P>Beginning with a catalogue of dragnet schemes--voluntary interviews, NSEERs, the targeting of foreign students-<I>America's Disappeared</I> proceeds to document the blunt reality of this program of detention, presenting detainees' chilling accounts of solitary confinement, isolation, and physical and mental abuse. Turning to a history of American detention policy, the book surveys U.S. opposition to these illegal practices undertaken outside our borders and warns of the dangerous precedent set by this homegrown example.</P><P>Michael Ratner is president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He has led several cases representing detainees held at Camp X-Ray in Cuba; Rachel Meeropol is the Center's equal justice work fellow; Barbara Olshansky is the assistant legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and author of <I>Secret Trials and Executions</I>; Steven MacPherson Watt is human rights fellow at the Center.</P> 489965 1 6 2004 America's Disappeared: Secret Imprisonment, Detainees, and the "War on Terror" (Open Media Book) total:6|5:1|4:1|3:4| 6 21 9 1 3 0 false false Tue Apr 08 03:06:55 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 03:07:26 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun May 10 10:57:43 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:57:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 16:13:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:13:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 07:02:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 07:02:12 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 27 15:29:10 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:29:10 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 28 08:27:12 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 08:27:12 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Mar 18 18:15:15 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 18:15:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 06 13:15:28 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:15:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 29 06:16:21 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 06:08:07 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 06:08:11 -0700 2007