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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... lawyer. He was part of a lawsuit my colleagues and I filed in 2002 on behalf of four prisoners at Guantánamo. I was lead counsel in that case—Rasul and others v. George W. Bush, named for Shafiq Rasul, a British prisoner.* Mamdouh, like ...
... lawyer. He was part of a lawsuit my colleagues and I filed in 2002 on behalf of four prisoners at Guantánamo. I was lead counsel in that case—Rasul and others v. George W. Bush, named for Shafiq Rasul, a British prisoner.* Mamdouh, like ...
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... lawyer allowed by the U.S. government to accompany a prisoner home from the base, a courtesy I cannot explain. An Australian official ushered us toward another plane—a six-seat prop plane idling nearby. Unbeknownst to me, our local ...
... lawyer allowed by the U.S. government to accompany a prisoner home from the base, a courtesy I cannot explain. An Australian official ushered us toward another plane—a six-seat prop plane idling nearby. Unbeknownst to me, our local ...
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... 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 edge of ...
... 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 edge of ...
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... lawyer for nearly twenty years. In that time, I have represented men and women on death row; I have defended people accused of the most serious crimes; I have represented people mistreated or beaten by police of- ficers and prison staff ...
... lawyer for nearly twenty years. In that time, I have represented men and women on death row; I have defended people accused of the most serious crimes; I have represented people mistreated or beaten by police of- ficers and prison staff ...
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... lawyer named Sandra Babcock.* Her career has followed a trajectory similar to my own, and she had the same reaction as I ... lawyers from the Center. Stephen Kenny called in from 10 Introduction Australia. Clive Stafford Smith, a death ...
... lawyer named Sandra Babcock.* Her career has followed a trajectory similar to my own, and she had the same reaction as I ... lawyers from the Center. Stephen Kenny called in from 10 Introduction Australia. Clive Stafford Smith, a death ...
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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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