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Liked It “Here is the story of how we got to where we are today--each step that moved us from being a democracy run by the rule of law into a country that holds prisoners indefinitely without being charged, kidnaps people and takes them to secret prisons, and tortures those it holds through sleep and...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Every citizen of the USA needs to read this expose of how the Cheney/Bush administration fought a useless war, and what motivated them to do so.”
Jim A wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Here is the story of how we got to where we are today--each step that moved us from being a democracy run by the rule of law into a country that holds prisoners indefinitely without being charged, kidnaps people and takes them to secret prisons, and tortures those it holds through sleep and sensory deprivation, beatings, waterboarding, and all the other sorry phrases we've been hearing on the news.
Clair Z wrote this review Saturday, October 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Here are a few quotes from the Afterword:
...a battle for America's security became, and continues to be, a battle for the country's soul.
... the Bush Administration was warned that the short-term benefits of its extralegal approach to fighting terrorism would have tragically destructive long-term consequences both for the rule of law and America's interests in the world.
... the Bush Administration invoked the fear flowing from the attacks on September 11 to institute a policy of deliberate cruelty that would have been unthinkable on September 10.
... President Bush and Vice President Cheney have continued to insist that they never authorized or condoned "torture," which they acknowledge is criminal under U.S. law. But their semantic parsing of the term began to seem increasingly disingenuous as details from the secret detention and interrogation program surfaced, piece by piece.”
“Wonderful reporting on the torture scandal. Every chapter brings new horrors and I am just astounded at how no one was able to rein in the VP or his underlings. The lawyers involved in legalizing torture should be prosecuted.”
JimYung wrote this review Friday, October 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good review of torture and Americas role in torturing prisoners. Hard to believe that such atrocities could be done by Americans without more common knowlege. It is a true irony of democracy that some feel that inorder to remain "free" freedom needs to be taken from others and atrocities perpetrated in the name of freedom. Seems we will never learn and will continue to have duplicitous leaders.”
Klectico wrote this review Sunday, September 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“New Yorker contributer Jane Mayer has written numerous artilces about The Boeing Company's Renton, Washington's infamous subsidary, the San Jose, California-based Jeppesen International Trip Planning (New Yorker, October 30, 2006 "The C.I.A.’s Travel Agent") and has completed a document about the CIA's illegal "extaordinary rendition" programme, and this book is just one more nail in the coffin of many "big shots" who will soon face prison and justice, who targeted innocent people, denied them of their human rights, and sent them to some foreign torture gulag, in the name of The American People.”
Kim-Ha Albert wrote this review Thursday, September 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A chilling account of the excesses the Bush administration (and, in particular, David Addington, Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, and George Tenet and the CIA) went in going over to the "dark side" in their purported war against terror.”
Michael C wrote this review Thursday, August 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Well researched. Horrifying to listen to the parsing of what is 'torture' and what isn't by the yes men in the government. Most horrifying to hear how many innocents were rounded up, tortured, held for years . . . ”
Jill M wrote this review Tuesday, July 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The story relates how the decisions by leaders in the Bush Asministrtion not only violated the Constitution but also hampered the pursuit of terrorists.
SohoReader wrote this review Tuesday, June 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It is a scary tale.”“This should be required reading for anyone who votes in the United States. It is very well researched and quite frankly very scary to think that our constitution was so badly trounced. It's worth the read and pass it along to someone else when you are finished.”
Wendy R wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Disturbing and enlightening. I found myself at the end of the book thinking, has anything changed? We have a new adminstration, did they change these torture ok policies? I walk away from this thinking I need to pay more attention, we all do.”
Heather wrote this review Monday, June 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
