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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... prisoners as long as they saw fit, with no legal process and no means by which a prisoner could demand that the military defend the detention? In short, what did they lose simply by maintaining the status quo? In the meantime, senior ...
... prisoners as long as they saw fit, with no legal process and no means by which a prisoner could demand that the military defend the detention? In short, what did they lose simply by maintaining the status quo? In the meantime, senior ...
Pagina 11
... prisoners have no rights because they are foreign nationals detained outside the sovereign territory of the United States. But this focus suggests that the prisoners' treatment was the consequence of a carefully reasoned legal judgment ...
... prisoners have no rights because they are foreign nationals detained outside the sovereign territory of the United States. But this focus suggests that the prisoners' treatment was the consequence of a carefully reasoned legal judgment ...
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... prisoners.1 The technique was intended to interfere with the prisoners' prayer; a Pentagon official familiar with the investigation said, “If a woman touches him prior to prayer, then he's dirty and can't pray.”2 Nor is this confined to ...
... prisoners.1 The technique was intended to interfere with the prisoners' prayer; a Pentagon official familiar with the investigation said, “If a woman touches him prior to prayer, then he's dirty and can't pray.”2 Nor is this confined to ...
Pagina 20
... prisoner of war.10 But having these prisoners in custody provided the Administration with an opportunity to shed light on a dark and shadowy enemy—assuming it could identify the few prisoners with useful information, and extract it ...
... prisoner of war.10 But having these prisoners in custody provided the Administration with an opportunity to shed light on a dark and shadowy enemy—assuming it could identify the few prisoners with useful information, and extract it ...
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... prisoners had the right to hire a lawyer. But it is clear from his affidavit that, if the Administration could have excluded counsel, it would have. And finally, the immigration violations that provided the ostensible basis for the ...
... prisoners had the right to hire a lawyer. But it is clear from his affidavit that, if the Administration could have excluded counsel, it would have. And finally, the immigration violations that provided the ostensible basis for the ...
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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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