So what do you think about all this as possibly an intentional (or unintentional) deterrent to terrorists, knowing that others might be detained indefinitely, without seeing the light of day, and might end up ratting them out?
It would be nice to think that this was all well planned. OTOH, given how short-sighted all of the other planning for Iraq was, I think, as usual, incompetence is a better explanation than conspiracy.