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Losing America : confronting a reckless and arrogant presidency / by Byrd, Robert C.;
Subjects: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; War on Terrorism, 2001-;
© c2005., W.W. Norton,
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The Patriot Act : a documentary and reference guide / by Foerstel, Herbert N.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.1. The Library Awareness Program : precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act -- FBI visit to Columbia University makes front-page news -- FBI Assistant Director James H. Geer describes Library Awareness Program -- Congress condemns Library Awareness program as the FBI defends it -- Critics of Library Awareness Program go public but suffer consequences -- State confidentiality laws as bulwark against library surveillance -- 2. The legislative response to 9/11 : conceived under siege, passed in haste -- After 9/11, President Bush addresses the nation and Congress pledges solidarity -- Removing restraints from FISA and other surveillance statutes -- Congressional bill hijacked by the Justice Department -- Limited debate threatens constitutionality of Patriot Act -- After the votes are cast, the battle lines are drawn --3. The USA PATRIOT Act : the bill that defined America's domestic war on terrorism -- The USA PATRIOT Act -- Sharing investigative information -- Sneak and peek : secret search warrants -- Seizing "any tangible things" : Section 215 of the Patriot Act -- Detention of suspected terrorists -- A new definition of terrorism -- 4. Domestic surveillance under the Patriot Act -- Searches and seizures under the Patriot Act -- Gag orders impede documentation of Patriot Act surveillance -- Library surveys reveal FBI surveillance -- Attorney General John Ashcroft ridicules charges of library surveillance -- Preparing for FBI visits to libraries --5. Detention, deportation, exclusion, and expropriation -- Sacrificing their liberty for our security -- Deportation and exclusion under the Patriot Act -- Interrogation and detention of immigrants -- Seizing assets under the Patriot Act -- Measuring Patriot Act success : harassing aliens or catching terrorists? -- 6. Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act -- Congress includes oversight requirements in the Patriot Act -- Senate faces difficulties in oversight of the Justice Department -- The House of Representatives demands answers from the Justice Department -- The Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General on the Congressional hot seat -- Inspector General reports find fault with Patriot Act implementation --7. Amendments and legal challenges to the Patriot Act -- The Freedom to Read Protection Act -- Amendments languish in committee,but their language influences events -- Secret FISA court renders unprecedented rebuff to the Patriot Act -- ACLU FOIA suits shed light on implementation of the Patriot Act -- District court rules NSL gag orders unconstitutional -- 8. Reauthorization and beyond : the new and improved Patriot Act -- The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 -- FISA orders, national security letters, and gag orders -- Roving wiretaps and sneak and peek warrants -- Permanence and sunsets -- New oversight provisions in the Reauthorization Act -- Minor provision in the Reauthorization Act causes a major scandal -- Inspector General's report reveals FBI abuse of national security letters -- Patriot Act resources : electronic, print, and video.
Subjects: United States.; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Terrorism; Library surveillance; Intelligence service;
© 2008., Greenwood Press,
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A delicate truth / by Le Carré, John,1931-;
2008. A counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's personal private secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Cornwall, UK, 2011. A disgraced Special Forces Soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be--or a human tragedy that was ruthlessly covered up? Summoned by Sir Christopher ("Kit") Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely observed by Kit's beautiful daughter, Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and duty to his Service. If the only thing necessary to the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, how can he keep silent?
Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Spy stories.; Terrorism; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Illegal arms transfers; Special forces (Military science); Political corruption; Undercover operations;
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Chain of command : the road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib / by Hersh, Seymour M.;
pt. 1. Torture at Abu-Ghraib. A GuantaÌnamo problem -- Photographs from a prison -- Crossing the line -- The gray zone -- pt. 2. Intelligence failure. How America's spies missed September 11th -- Why the government didn't know what it knew -- The twentieth man -- pt. 3. The other war. Afghanistan's secret battles -- The getaway -- A power base of warlords -- pt. 4. The Iraq hawks. The early fight to take on Saddam -- Getting closer -- Richard Perle goes to lunch -- pt. 5. Who lied to whom? March 2003, "These documents ... are in fact not authentic" -- Into the intelligence stovepipe -- Behind the "mushroom cloud" -- pt. 6. The secretary and the generals. Driving to Baghdad -- Manhunts -- Targeting the insurgency -- pt. 7. A most dangerous friend. Gambling on Musharraf -- The ultimate black market -- Washington's deal -- pt. 8. The Middle East after 9/11. Saudi Arabia: corruption and compromise -- Syria: a lost opportunity -- Iran: the next nuclear power? -- Israel, Turkey, and the Kurds.
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; Abu Ghraib Prison.; Iraq War, 2003-; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; Terrorism; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Abu Ghraib (Prison);
© c2005., Harper Perennial,
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Iraq / by Haugen, David M.,1969-; Musser, Susan.; Lovelace, Kacy.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Iraq has a capable new government / George W. Bush -- Iraq has a weak new government / Charles Krauthammer -- Iraqi police forces are unreliable / Kevin Whitelaw -- Iraqi police forces are becoming more reliable / Michael J. Totten -- The Iraqi army is not ready to fight / Campbell Robertson -- The Iraqi army will soon be ready to fight / C. Todd Lopez -- Iraq should be partitioned / Edward P. Joseph and Michael E. O'Hanlon -- Iraq should not be partitioned / Reidar Visser -- Partitioning Iraq would create regional instability / Juan Cole -- Partitioning Iraq would create internal instability / Johnthan Steele -- Iraqis reject U.S. partitioning plans / Ned Parker and Raheem Salman -- The United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq / Ted Galen Carpenter -- The United States should keep its troops in Iraq / Erik Swabb, Mohammed Fadhil -- The United States should promote democracy in Iraq / Steven Groves -- The United States should not promote democracy in Iraq / Terrell E. Arnold -- War in Iraq is encouraging terrorism / Joel Brinkley -- War in Iraq is necessary to defeat terrorism / David Limbaugh -- U.S. occupation of Iraq has unjustly turned the nation into a terrorist magnet / Jacob G. Hornberger -- Foreign occupation of Iraq is terrorism / John Pilger.
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Terrorism;
© c2009., Greenhaven Press,
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Civil liberties / by Espejo, Roman,1977-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of essays debating personal freedom and expression, the effects of technology on privacy and how war has affected civil liberties.Should limits be placed on freedom of expression? Free speech should not be regulated / Oliver Kamm ; Free speech has limits / Steven J. Heyman ; Hate speech should be regulated / Liam Martin ; Hate speech should not be regulated / Jonathan Gallagher ; Hate speech on the internet should be regulated / Ronald Eissens ; Hate speech on the internet should not be regulated / Sandy Starr ; Flag desecration should be restricted / Richard D. Parker ; Flag desecration should not be restricted / Robyn Coffey -- Should Church and State be separate? Church and State should be separate / Americans United for Separation of Church and State ; Church and State should not be separate / Daniel L. Dreisbach ; More faith-based charitable organizations should receive federal funds / George W. Bush ; Federally supported faith-based charitable organizations should not promote religion / Richard B. Katskee ; Posting the Ten Commandments in public areas is constitutional / Antonin Scalia ; Posting the Ten Commandments in public areas is unconstitutional / Jacob Rolls -- Does technology threaten privacy? Technology threatens privacy / David H. Holtzman ; Technology should not be blamed for all privacy threats / Michael Turner ; Public surveillance cameras violate privacy / Laurent Belsie ; Public surveillance cameras increase security / John Edwards -- How has the war on terrorism affected civil liberties? The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act infringes on civil liberties / Philip Giraldi ; The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act does not infringe on civil liberties / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security ; Ethnic and religious profiling is necessary / Carl F. Horowitz ; Ethnic and religious profiling violates civil liberties / Chisun Lee.
Subjects: Civil rights; Freedom of expression; Church and state; Privacy, Right of; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Terrorism;
© c2009., Greenhaven Press,
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Bush at war / by Woodward, Bob.;
Subjects: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- ; War on Terrorism, 2001-; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.; National security; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- ; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-;
© c2002., Simon & Schuster,
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Oath betrayed : America's torture doctors / by Miles, Steven H.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index.Torture -- Medicine and torture -- Interrogation -- Homicide -- Neglect -- Silence -- Grave breaches -- Why oppose torture? -- Appendix 1: Interrogating GTMO 063 : case and discussion guide -- Appendix 2: The American Psychological Association and War on Terror Interrogations.
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Medical personnel; Medicine, Military; Torture; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Abu Ghraib Prison.; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.; Abu Ghraib Prison.; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.; Ethics, Medical; Military Medicine; Prisoners; Torture; War Crimes;
© c2009., University of California Press,
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Hail to the CEO : the failure of George W. Bush and the cult of moral leadership / by Hoopes, James,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-128) and index.
Subjects: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Political leadership; Business and politics; Political ethics; Political corruption; Presidents;
© 2008., Praeger,
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The last man [sound recording] / by Flynn, Vince.; Guidall, George.;
Read by George Guidall."On the surface it appears as if top CIA agent Joe Rickman has been kidnapped, but Mitch Rapp knows enough about his colleague to believe that something else is going on, and that something could be far worse. Assigned to find his old friend, Rapp must make his way through a tangled and dangerous web that is set against the turbulent backdrop of war-torn Afghanistan"--Container.
Subjects: Rapp, Mitch (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Terrorism; Afghan War, 2001-;
© p2012., Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio ; Repackaged by Midwest Tape,
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