Our nation unhinged
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| Titel |
Our nation unhinged
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| Untertitel |
the human consequences of the War on Terror
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| Verfasserangabe |
Peter Jan Honigsberg ; Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
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| Verlag | |
| Ort |
Berkeley
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| Jahr | |
| Umfang |
XIX, 311 p.
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| ISBN13 |
978-0-520-25472-5
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| Fußnote |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Summary
Our Nation Unhinged : The Human Consequences of the War on Terror by Honigsberg, Peter Jan Terms of use Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen-year-old Omar Khadr crying out to an American soldier, "Kill me!" Hunger strikers at Guantaacute;namo being restrained and force-fed through tubes up their nostrils. John Walker Lindh lying naked and blindfolded in a metal container, bound by his hands and feet, in the freezing Afghan winter night. This is the 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. In this vitally important book, Peter Jan Honigsberg chronicles the black hole of the American judicial system from 2001 to the present, providing an incisive analysis of exactly what we have lost over the past seven years and where we are now headed. Table of Contents Our Nation Unhinged : The Human Consequences of the War on Terror by Honigsberg, Peter Jan Terms of Use The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence p. xiii Foreword Erwin Chemerinsky p. xv Opening p. 1 Part 1 Manipulating The Law Introducing the Term Enemy Combatant p. 15 Justifying Harsh Interrogations and Torture p. 22 Asserting Absolute Power as Commander in Chief p. 31 Part 2 Lawless Detentions In America Yaser Hamdi, American Citizen p. 41 Jose Padilla, American Citizen p. 46 Ali Saleh Kalah al Marri, American Resident p. 57 Preventive Detention p. 63 Part 3 Lawless Detentions In Guantanamo I Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court, 2002-2004 p. 75 Why Guantanamo? p. 75 Martin Luther King Weekend, January 2002 p. 79 The Road to the Supreme Court p. 83 With a Little Help from the Cuban Iguana p. 85 A Historic Supreme Court Decision: Rasul v. Bush p. 91 II Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo p. 94 Interrogation Log of a Guantanamo Detainee p. 94 FBI Report: July 29, 2004 p. 98 Denial of Treatment p. 99 Suicides at the Base p. 103 The Emergency Response Force p. 104 Hunger Strikers and Force-feeding p. 105 III The Administration under Siege, 2004-2006 p. 113 Combatant Status Review Tribunals p. 114 Administrative Review Boards p. 127 Government Interference with Attorneys p. 128 The Administration's Legal Position Falters p. 140 IV Winds of Change, 2006-2008 p. 144 A Second Historic Supreme Court Decision: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld p. 144 The Military Commissions Act p. 147 The Third Guantanamo Case: Boumediene v. Bush p. 150 Supreme Court Oral Arguments p. 152 A Parallel Case on Reviewing CSRT Hearings p. 154 The Return to War Crime Prosecutions: Hicks, Khadr, and Hamdan p. 156 Victory: Boumediene V. Bush p. 170 Another Blow to the Administration: Parhat v. Gates p. 173 Part 4 Foreign Prisons and Cia Black Sites The Evolution of Extraordinary Rendition p. 179 Case Study: Khalid El-Masri p. 184 Case Study: Maher Arar p. 188 Case Study: Abu Omar p. 190 Violating Human Rights Laws p. 191 Part 5 Detentions In America With Due Process John Walker Lindh p. 197 Richard Colvin Reid p. 214 Zacarias Moussaoui p. 214 The Lackawanna Six p. 217 Closing p. 223 Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay p. 227 List of Abbreviations p. 245 Notes p. 247 Index |
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