TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Dark side :the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals /
DA  - c2008.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Mayer, Jane.
ET  - 1st ed.
CN  - HV6432
CN  - HV6432
PB  - Doubleday,
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2008.
ID  - 336949
KW  - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
KW  - Military interrogation
KW  - War and emergency powers
SN  - 0385526393
SN  - 9780385526395
TI  - Dark side :the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals /
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