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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... counsel in that case—Rasul and others v. George W. Bush, named for Shafiq Rasul, a British prisoner.* Mamdouh, like the rest of the prisoners at the base, hadn't even known the case was pending. Now, four months after the Supreme Court ...
... counsel in that case—Rasul and others v. George W. Bush, named for Shafiq Rasul, a British prisoner.* Mamdouh, like the rest of the prisoners at the base, hadn't even known the case was pending. Now, four months after the Supreme Court ...
Pagina 2
... counsel in Australia, Stephen Hopper, had arranged to fly us to a small airfield nearby in order to avoid the media scrum in Sydney. As soon as we descended the steps of one plane we were hurried up the steep steps of another. As ...
... counsel in Australia, Stephen Hopper, had arranged to fly us to a small airfield nearby in order to avoid the media scrum in Sydney. As soon as we descended the steps of one plane we were hurried up the steep steps of another. As ...
Pagina 4
... counsel, without charges of any kind, unknown to the world, and without the benefit of the Geneva Conventions, an international treaty signed and ratified by the United States and designed to protect people seized during armed conflict ...
... counsel, without charges of any kind, unknown to the world, and without the benefit of the Geneva Conventions, an international treaty signed and ratified by the United States and designed to protect people seized during armed conflict ...
Pagina 7
... counsel was a lawyer from Minneapolis, rather than, I suppose, someone from either of the two coasts. Perhaps appropriately, then, the best place to start is the Walker Art Center, an acclaimed museum of contemporary art on the western ...
... counsel was a lawyer from Minneapolis, rather than, I suppose, someone from either of the two coasts. Perhaps appropriately, then, the best place to start is the Walker Art Center, an acclaimed museum of contemporary art on the western ...
Pagina 11
... counsel, without charges and without the protections of the Geneva Conventions, and subject them to repeated interrogations under excruciating conditions because the prisoners have no legal right to anything else. In fact, the reverse ...
... counsel, without charges and without the protections of the Geneva Conventions, and subject them to repeated interrogations under excruciating conditions because the prisoners have no legal right to anything else. In fact, the reverse ...
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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