Dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals
Mayer, Jane
Dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals / Jane Mayer - New York : Doubleday , c2008. - 392 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Panic -- Blame -- The warning -- Men of zeal -- Detainee 001 -- Outsourcing torture -- Inside the black sites -- The experiment -- The memo -- A deadly interrogation -- Blowback -- Cover-up.
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself.--From publisher description.
9780385526395
2008299452
War on terrorism---2001-
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001----Influence.
Military interrogation---United States
War and emergency powers---History---United States
United States---Politics and government---2001-
United States----History----21st century
HV6432 / .M383 2008
973.931 MAY
Dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals / Jane Mayer - New York : Doubleday , c2008. - 392 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Panic -- Blame -- The warning -- Men of zeal -- Detainee 001 -- Outsourcing torture -- Inside the black sites -- The experiment -- The memo -- A deadly interrogation -- Blowback -- Cover-up.
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself.--From publisher description.
9780385526395
2008299452
War on terrorism---2001-
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001----Influence.
Military interrogation---United States
War and emergency powers---History---United States
United States---Politics and government---2001-
United States----History----21st century
HV6432 / .M383 2008
973.931 MAY
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