Great prison breaks in war on terror history.

Against tiny school districts.

Tortured confessions and the Gitmo protection orders.

Things are getting worse in Syria.

Panetta to DoD, Petraeus to CIA.

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer