Kyndra Kaye Rotunda[1] (née Miller, born c. 1973) is an American lawyer, author, and former Major in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.

In 2009 was named as a lecturer at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she assisted in starting a similar clinic which she now teaches.

[citation needed] In September 2008, Rotunda testified before Congress about restoring the rule of law in Guantanamo Bay and various legal issues impacting the troops.

Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz said in a jacket blurb, "This eye-opening inside account must be read by everyone who cares about balancing national security and human dignity.

Dershowitz maintains that the law should be introduced to permit civil judges to issue limited "torture warrant", under special circumstances, like the "ticking time bomb" scenario.

In her book Rotunda generally rejects torture as a legitimate interrogation tactic and calls Dershowitz's "ticking time bomb" hypothetical "inherently imperfect because it assumes what we cannot know.

"[citation needed] Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard, author of Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr critiqued five Guantanamo-related books, including Rotunda's Honor Bound which she called "... a poorly written personal account of an Army JAG that glosses over critical events in Guantanamo's history with offhand dismissals."

[11] Specialist in Constitutional Law at the Library of Congress Louis Fisher wrote that as a Judge Advocate General's Corps officer, Rotunda had "a good opportunity to understand the military commissions underway at "Gitmo" and correct misconceptions about the procedures.

Fisher quotes Shepard's statement that the U.S. erred in "imposing rules that made it difficult for prosecutors to respond to defense counsel claims ...", and states that "The book never explains what constraints existed ...".

According to one military police officer who served in Guantanamo Bay, detainees brandish their home-made shanks to threaten U.S. troops, and then quickly shove them back into the Qu'ran, where they know are "off limits" to guards.

Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Michael Lawhorn disputed Rotunda's safety claims, stating that a helmet could be worn over top of a headscarf.

According to Rotunda, the objections from Lieutenant Colonel Martha McSally, a female fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, had influenced Congress to pass an "anti-abaya law".