Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.) has long been on almost everyone's short list for the Republican vice presidential nomination. But now McDonnell's national security credentials have come into question, thanks to his mishandling of a bill passed by the Virginia General Assembly.

The problem today is not simply that America is no longer waterboarding the Khalid Skeikh Mohammeds of the world; it is that, outside the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, we are no longer capturing, detaining, and interrogating the Khalid Sheikh Mohammeds of the world at all.

The Ahmed Ghailani case underscores the necessity of Obama's quiet decision to change course and lift the ban he imposed after his inauguration on new military commission trials at Guantanamo.

Coalition detention of insurgents in Iraq has been reformed to the benefit of the mission there, anddetention should begin the process of transition tothe Iraqis.

The Obama administration refused to defend me against the lawsuit filed for José Padilla. Now even the liberal Ninth Circuit agrees the suit was frivolous.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani became a convicted felon last week, sparking loud cries from opposition leaders for his resignation. But what does his conviction really mean for Pakistani politics?

We must take all reasonable actions to protect ourselves from those who would destroy our society; but wealsocannotturn our backs on theideals that define our civilization.

Two days before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Rumsfeld v. Padilla, AEI will host a discussion of the legal and policy issues raised by detaining under military law U.S. citizens who take up arms against the United States. The discussion will be led by AEI...