Should a human rights center at the nation's most prestigious university be collaborating with the top U.S. general in Iraq in designing the counter-insurgency doctrine behind the current military surge?

Led by Gen. David Petraeus, the so-called surge -- an escalation of over 25,000 American troops -- is resulting in hundreds of killings, mass roundups, door-to-door break-ins, and military offensives in Baghdad, al-Anbar and Diyala provinces, on the...