▁Ky nd ra ▁Rot unda ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁and ▁controvers ial ▁legal ▁issues ▁in ▁the ▁war , ▁including ▁the ▁difficulties ▁of ▁det aining ▁and ▁pro sec uting ▁terror ists ▁while ▁traditional ▁war ▁is ▁being ▁re defined ." ▁ ▁Harvard ▁Law ▁School ▁Professor ▁Alan ▁D ers how itz ▁said ▁in ▁a ▁jack et ▁bl urb , ▁" This ▁eye - open ing ▁inside ▁account ▁must ▁be ▁read ▁by ▁everyone ▁who ▁car es ▁about ▁bal ancing ▁national ▁security ▁and ▁human ▁dign ity ." ▁Rot unda ▁disag rees ▁with ▁D ers how itz ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁of ▁tort ure . ▁D ers how itz ▁maintain s ▁that ▁the ▁law ▁should ▁be ▁introduced ▁to ▁permit ▁civil ▁jud ges ▁to ▁issue ▁limited ▁" t ort ure ▁war rant ", ▁under ▁special ▁circumstances , ▁like ▁the ▁" tick ing ▁time ▁bomb " ▁scenario . ▁ ▁In ▁her ▁book ▁Rot unda ▁generally ▁reject s ▁tort ure ▁as ▁a ▁legit imate ▁inter rog ation ▁t actic ▁and ▁calls ▁D ers how itz ' s ▁" tick ing ▁time ▁bomb " ▁hypoth et ical ▁ ▁" in her ently ▁imper fect ▁because ▁it ▁assumes ▁what ▁we ▁cannot ▁know . ▁ ▁If ▁the ▁d eta ine ▁does ▁not ▁disc lose ▁the ▁information ▁sought , ▁is ▁it ▁because ▁he ▁truly ▁does ▁not ▁know , ▁or ▁is ▁it ▁because ▁the ▁inter rog ator ▁has ▁not ▁applied ▁a ▁sufficient ▁amount ▁of ▁tort ure ?" ▁ ▁Neg ative ▁notice ▁Toronto ▁Star ▁rep orter ▁Mich elle ▁She ph ard , ▁author ▁of ▁Gu