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Rogue Justice : The Making of the Security State by Karen J. Greenberg (2016, Hardcover)

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PublisherCrown/Archetype

ISBN-100804138214

ISBN-139780804138215

eBay Product ID (ePID)217089637

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Book TitleRogue Justice : the Making of the Security State

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTerrorism, Judicial Power, Intelligence & Espionage, Civil Rights, Human Rights, General, Public, American Government / Executive Branch, Security (National & International), Criminology

Publication Year2016

IllustratorYes

GenreLaw, Political Science, Social Science

AuthorKaren J. Greenberg

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-655088

Reviews"9/11 changed America. This invaluable book shows how close we came to losing many of the basic principles that underlie our system of justice--and how much we still have to do to protect the basic principles that make our country a beacon for human rights." -- LAWRENCE WRIGHT , author of The Looming Tower and Thirteen Days in September

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal364.973

SynopsisA few days after September 11, President Bush tasked Attorney General John Ashcroft--not the Director of the CIA, not the Secretary of Defense--with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. Ashcroft and his successors took the mandate seriously; it was up to the DOJ to protect the nation. To do this, DOJ lawyers reformed the laws on intelligence gathering, rethought terrorism prosecutions as preventive rather than forensic and punitive, and curtailed the rights of individuals suspected of national security-related crimes. Meanwhile, much more quietly, the Office of Legal Counsel, led by Assistant Attorney General John Yoo, secretly gave its imprimatur to activities that had previously been unthinkable--from the NSA's wide-ranging collection of the telephone and Internet records of US citizens to indefinite detention at Guantanamo and even to torture. A number of these activities have come to light, or been confirmed, only recently, due to whistleblowers like Edward Snowden. When President Obama came into office, many observers expected these changes to be rolled back and the resulting injustices remedied. Obama openly decried the way the law had been abused in the name of security and sought both greater transparency and greater adherence to the Constitution. But the entering administration found the new policies to be deeply entrenched. Even as Congress ends some of the NSA's most controversial spying programs, others continue unabated. Guantanamo remains open. American citizens continue to die in drone strikes. And as terrrorism prosecutions stumble, it remains to be seen whether the damage caused after 9/11 can ever be overcome, or whether the identity and character of the American justice system has been fundamentally weakened., The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security. The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. From that day forward, the Bush administration turned to the Department of Justice to give its imprimatur to activities that had previously been unthinkable--from the NSA's spying on US citizens to indefinite detention to torture. Many of these activities were secretly authorized, others done in the light of day. When President Obama took office, many observers expected a reversal of these encroachments upon civil liberties and justice, but the new administration found the rogue policies to be deeply entrenched and, at times, worth preserving. Obama ramped up targeted killings, held fast to aggressive surveillance policies, and fell short on bringing reform to detention and interrogation. How did America veer so far from its founding principles of justice? Rogue Justice connects the dots for the first time--from the Patriot Act to today's military commissions, from terrorism prosecutions to intelligence priorities, from the ACLU's activism to Edward Snowden's revelations. And it poses a stark question: Will the American justice system ever recover from the compromises it made for the war on terror? Riveting and deeply reported, Rogue Justice could only have been written by Karen Greenberg, one of this country's top experts on Guantnamo, torture, and terrorism, with a deep knowledge of both the Bush and Obama administrations. Now she brings to life the full story of law and policy after 9/11, introducing us to the key players and events, showing that time and again, when liberty and security have clashed, justice has been the victim. -- Kirkus, Best Books of 2016

LC Classification NumberKF9223.G74 2016