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Bad advice : Bush's lawyers in the war on terror /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruff, Harold H., 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2009]
Subjects:
War and emergency powers > United States > History.
Government attorneys > History.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Table of Contents:
  • The dilemma of the executive adviser
  • The president's lawyers in the formative years
  • The president's lawyers in the institutional presidency
  • The professional responsibility of the president's lawyers
  • Competing visions of executive power
  • The Bush administration declares war on terrorism
  • Surveillance by the National Security Agency
  • Indefinite detention of enemy combatants
  • Escaping Geneva
  • Military trials for war crimes
  • Interrogation
  • Advice begets action : from OLC to Abu Ghraib
  • Better advice.