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• "Modern war needs modern lingo."
  - William Safire, 1986

As U.S. military engagements in the Middle East continue, lawmakers are forced to handle new problems, such as how to manage "unlawful enemy combatants" that American forces have rounded up. A federal court decided Tuesday that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, don't have the constitutional right of habeas corpus, a ruling considered a victory for the president.

The Observer reports the experience of a former prisoner who said he never knew why he was detained.

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