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From:Jane Mayer , Doubleday ,
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 Torture and the war on terrorism, 2008-09-18
The stuff mentioned in this book is pretty scary. It is about the overzealous and extreme measures the Bush administration is going to in the name of fighting terrorism. I highly recommend reading this book.
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Journalism At It's Best, 2008-09-17
The primary purpose of journalism is always the same -- to use the truth to hold the powerful (those who most impact society) accountable to the truth. This book is journalism at it's best. It does something that most so called journalists avoid. It uses the truth to hold the powerful, in this case the George W. Bush Administration, accountable to the truth. The result is a mass of factual documention exposing the adminsistration's mass of misconduct. That misconduct includes torture, the erosion and destruction of constitutionally created freedoms, and most importantly, an outright assualt on the truth. Significantly, the author's sources are generally not members of the liberal " Quiche Crowd," but are instead card carrying members of the military, law enforcement and national security establishments. There are many lessons to be learned here, but perhaps the most important is that when we allow the powerful (in this case the President) to be and to remain unregulated, the result will probably be an ugly, costly and unnecessary mess.
A daring glimpse inside the "Chaney world", 2008-09-15
Jane Mayer provides a detailed, bold description of the main characters inside Cheney's office as they create a system of laws to govern the "enemy combatants" outside the Geneva Conventions. She names names. Beware, Jane! Your frank, well-documented critique has no doubt made you a target.
2 of 63 customers found the following review helpful:
 One Star is One Too Many!, 2008-09-15
This book could have been written by Michael Moore (perhaps he collaborated, without credit). Ms. Mayer clearly represents that large group of liberals who prefer to be dead rather than even twist the pinky toe of a terrorist. Bush-haters will love this book, which puts into print all they so wish to believe. However, for critical thinkers who realize there are two sides to every story (and this is a story indeed!) or those who are not too profoundly upset remaining alive by allowing our President to use his discretion (after all, he is an ELECTED official, right?) to locate and question terrorists, it's just another joke of a work the New York Times will undoubtedly refer to as a "masterful piece of literature."
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
important, well-written book about erosion of our values, 2008-09-11
The Dark Side, by Jane Mayer, grew out of a well-researched series of articles in the New Yorker Magazine. Since September 11, 2001, Ms. Mayer has carefully documented the erosion of civil liberties and the encouragement of torture that has characterized the 2nd Bush presidency.
Using sources from deep within the government and the military, Ms. Mayer explains how a swaggering president with little attention to detail can allow Vice-President Cheney to push through his policies of aggressive augmentation of power of the executive branch.
In this atmosphere of executive privilege, policies such as use of torture and holding prisoners without charges or access to legal help can become rampant. Ms. Mayer lets the facts speak for themselves as she documents the evolution of these decisions and shows how opposition to these policies has cost many brave public servants their jobs.
It was especially interesting to read about the shoddy legal reasoning that underpins many of the Bush-Cheney policies. The Bush administration has tried to use secrecy to hide these decisions, but good research and responsible government workers have brought some light onto many of these sad assaults to our democracy.
In summary, this is an important book for American to read and understand.
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