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1 online resource (333 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence; Foreword; 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 |
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The Road to the Supreme CourtWith 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; The Emergency Response Force; Hunger Strikers and Force-feeding; III: The Administration under Siege, 2004-2006; Combatant Status Review Tribunals; Administrative Review Boards; Government Interference with Attorneys; The Administration's Legal Position Falters; IV: Winds of Change, 2006-2008 |
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A Second Historic Supreme Court Decision: Hamdan v. RumsfeldThe 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; Another Blow to the Administration: Parhat v. Gates; PART FOUR: FOREIGN PRISONS AND CIA BLACK SITES; The Evolution of Extraordinary Rendition; Case Study: Khalid El-Masri; Case Study: Maher Arar; Case Study: Abu Omar; Violating Human Rights Laws |
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PART FIVE: DETENTIONS IN AMERICA WITH DUE PROCESSJohn Walker Lindh; Richard Colvin Reid; Zacarias Moussaoui; The Lackawanna Six; Closing; Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Summary |
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 Guantánamo 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 tragedi |
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2001 |
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21st century |
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afghanistan |
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america |
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american judicial system |
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american policy |
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american soldiers |
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bush administration |
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criminal investigation |
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dark |
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discussion books |
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engaging |
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foreign policy |
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guantanamo |
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human rights abuses |
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hunger strikers |
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imprisonment |
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injustices |
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intense |
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litigation |
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men at war |
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national security |
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nonfiction |
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political |
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september 11 |
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terrorism |
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terrorist imprisonment |
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tragedies |
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trial |
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us constitution |
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war on terror |
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warfare |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-293) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
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SUBJECT |
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp fast |
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Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Detention of persons -- United States
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Human rights -- Government policy -- United States
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
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Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base -- Cases
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Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
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Detention of persons
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Human rights -- Government policy
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Prisoners of war -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Chemerinsky, Erwin
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ISBN |
9780520943124 |
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0520943120 |
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9780520254725 |
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0520254724 |
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9786612772498 |
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6612772492 |
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