Blurb

In a remote American military base at Guantanamo Bay, 385 enemy
combatants sit waiting for their day in court. Among them is David
Hicks, who was detained for five years until the March 2007 hearing
where he pleaded guilty to the charge of providing material support for
terrorism.

Detainee 002 reveals in unprecedented detail how an Australian citizen
wound up in the War on Terror. Based on more than five years of
reporting and dozens of interviews with insiders, Leigh Sales explains
the intricacies of Hicks’s case, from his capture in Afghanistan, to life in
Guantanamo Bay, to the behind-the-scene establishment and workings of
the military commissions.

Sales’ impeccable research takes us from top-secret negotiations at the
White House and Pentagon to the domestic fallout Hicks’s incarceration
has had on his family, to the campaign that Major Michael Mori, the
marine who becomes his greatest advocate, waged on his behalf.
David Hicks’s case is emblematic of some of the greatest challenges
facing the world today: the rise of Islamic extremism, terrorism and
the accountability of governments towards their citizens. It is a chilling
reminder that, in a war with ever-changing rules and no end in sight,
there are no limits.