Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel
Karen J. Greenberg, a TomDispatch regular, is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days. Her latest book is Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (Crown Publishers).
Joshua L. Dratel, a New York-based lawyer litigates key national security cases involving terrorism, surveillance, and whistleblowers. He is a contributor to Greenberg’s newest volume, Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink.
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