An American intelligence official based in South Asia recently told me, “It has been a long time since we captured a senior al Qaeda leader.” His point was transparent: Without detaining and ...

Late last month I asked, who will interrogate top al Qaeda terrorist Umar Patek? Patek, who was captured in Pakistan, is wanted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, among other attacks and plots.

A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charges. The case against Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame shows the Obama ...