Former DOD General Counsel

William J. Haynes II

1 article 2009

William J. Haynes II is an attorney who served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense from 2001 to 2008, playing a central role in legal policy debates surrounding the War on Terror. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with writing that defended wartime legal decisions made during the Bush administration.

'We Were at War'

June 17, 2009 · Blog

Editor's Note: Even as Uighur detainees, once trained in al Qaeda camps, frolic in the Bermuda surf, enjoying their release from the U.S. detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, newly captured detainees in Afghanistan are being read their Miranda rights, as if they were common criminals. The legal…