Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power: Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential PowerSimon and Schuster, 3 iul. 2006 - 336 pagini In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power explores that policy and the intense debates that have followed. Written by an expert on the subject, one of the lawyers who fought -- and won -- the right for prisoners to have judicial review, this important book will be of immense interest to liberals and conservatives alike. With shocking facts and firsthand accounts, Margulies takes readers deep into the Guantánamo Bay prison, into the interrogation rooms and secret cells where hundreds of men and boys have been designated "enemy combatants." Held without legal process, they have been consigned to live out their days in isolation until the Bush administration sees fit to release them -- if itever does. Margulies warns Americans to be especially concerned by the administration's assertion that the Presidentcan have unlimited and unchecked legal authority. Tracing the arguments on both sides of the debate, this vitally important book paints a portrait of a country divided, on the brink of ethical collapse, where the loss of personal freedoms is under greater threat than ever before. |
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... field commander. They may be held for the rest of their lives, based solely on the president's self-asserted authority. At 4 Introduction the prison, they can be subjected to any 3 26662 Text 5/8/06 1:16 PM Page 3 Introduction.
... field commander. They may be held for the rest of their lives, based solely on the president's self-asserted authority. At 4 Introduction the prison, they can be subjected to any 3 26662 Text 5/8/06 1:16 PM Page 3 Introduction.
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... authority of the federal court must be released unless the government establishes the lawfulness of his incarceration by a fair process. No person may be imprisoned at Guantánamo without proof, presented before a neutral tribunal, that ...
... authority of the federal court must be released unless the government establishes the lawfulness of his incarceration by a fair process. No person may be imprisoned at Guantánamo without proof, presented before a neutral tribunal, that ...
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... authorities on international law and the death penalty is a Minneapolis lawyer named Sandra Babcock.* Her career has followed a trajectory similar to my own, and she had the same reaction as I did to the president's announcement of ...
... authorities on international law and the death penalty is a Minneapolis lawyer named Sandra Babcock.* Her career has followed a trajectory similar to my own, and she had the same reaction as I did to the president's announcement of ...
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... authority to exercise measures of control over persons and property which would not in all cases be permissible in normal times.”12 But while Congress has authorized the use of force and the president has sent troops into battle, this ...
... authority to exercise measures of control over persons and property which would not in all cases be permissible in normal times.”12 But while Congress has authorized the use of force and the president has sent troops into battle, this ...
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... authority. More than fifty years ago, when President Harry Truman invoked the war power to justify his seizure of the steel mills, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson warned that “[n]o penance would ever expiate the sin against free ...
... authority. More than fifty years ago, when President Harry Truman invoked the war power to justify his seizure of the steel mills, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson warned that “[n]o penance would ever expiate the sin against free ...
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UNLIKE ANY OTHER WE HAVE EVER SEEN | 61 |
OUR EXECUTIVE DOESNT | 129 |
THE FUTURE OF CAMP DELTA | 201 |
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Abu Ghraib abuse of presidential Administration’s detention policy Afghan Afghanistan al-Qaeda allegations Amendment American Army Field Manual Article 5 hearings authority base Bush Administration Camp Delta Camp X-Ray captured cell Civilian commander in chief confessions counsel CSRT Cuba custody Dana Priest Department of Defense Detainees enemy combatant federal court filed forced Geneva Conventions Guantánamo Bay guards habeas Hamdi held Human Rights intelligence International interrogation techniques Iraq July June Justice KUBARK KUBARK manual laws of war lawyers litigation Mamdouh McCain ment officials operations Padilla Pentagon person president presidential power Press pris prisoner’s prisoners at Guantánamo Qaeda Qahtani Rasul redacted released rendition Report Rumsfeld Schwable Secretary Senate September 11 Shafiq Shafiq Rasul soldiers status Supreme Court Taliban terror terrorist Tim Golden tion told torture memo Torture Papers tribunal U.S. military United war on terror Washington Post York