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Zusatztext "A powerful indictment Bush's War on Terror! vivid and horrifying and hard to put down." Informationen zum Autor Peter Jan Honigsberg is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He visited Guantánamo in May 2007. He is author of Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir (UC Press)! among other books. Klappentext "Peter Jan Honigsberg has written a magnificent book telling the story of what has occurred since September 11, 2001, and how the Bush administration has betrayed the most basic principles of constitutional law and international human rights protections. He tells the story of Guantanamo in moving, human terms, and he also shows how it relates to the other abuses that have occurred over the last seven years."—Erwin Chemerinsky, from the foreword "In weaving compelling human stories and a meticulously researched chronology of violations of the rule of law and human rights since 9/11, Honigsberg has written a moving and powerful narrative of how we lost our constitutional and moral compass."—Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking "National security is the last refuge of tyrants, and Peter Jan Honigsberg documents the full frontal assault on civil liberties in the United States perpetrated in the name of national security by Bush, Cheney and their partners in crime. Unlawful detention, imprisonment without trial for years on end, and outsourcing torture, are among the litany of horrors committed against the innocent. This book should be mandatory reading for all registered voters."—Kerry Kennedy, Founder of The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights Zusammenfassung A story of the Bush administration's response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 - and of how we have been led down a path of executive abuses, human tragedies, abandonment of the Constitution, and the erosion of due process and liberty. This work chronicles the black hole of the American judicial system since 2001. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence Foreword by Erwin Chermerinsky Opening Part One: Manipulating the Law Introducing the Term Enemy Combatant Justifying Harsh Interrogations and Torture Asserting Absolute Power as Commander-in-Chief Part Two: Lawless Detentions in America Yaser Hamdi! American Citizen Jose Padilla! American Citizen Ali Saleh Kalah Al Marri! American Resident Preventive Detention Part Three: Lawless Detentions in Guantanamo I. Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court! 2002-2004 Why Guantanamo? Martin Luther King Weekend! January 2002 The Road to the Supreme Court With a Little Help from the Cuban Iguana A Historic Supreme Court Decision: Rasul v. Bush II. Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Interrogation Log of a Guantanamo Detainee FBI Report: July 29! 2004 Denial of Treatment Suicides at the Base Emergency Response Force Hunger Strikers and Forced Feeding III. The Administration under Siege! 2004-2006 Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) Government Interference with Attorneys The Administration's Legal Position Falters Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 IV. Winds of Change! 2006-2008 A Second Historic Supreme Court Decision: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld The Military Commissions Act The Third Guantanamo Case: Boumediene v. Bush Supreme Court Oral Arguments A Parallel Case on Reviewing CSRT Hearings The Return to War Crime Prosecutions: Hicks! Khadr! and Hamdan Victory: Boumediene v. Bush Part Four: Foreign Prisons and CIA Black Sites The Evolution of Extraordinary Rendition Case Study: K...
