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Books : The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush AdministrationIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $25.95 Amazon.com's Price: $15.57 You Save: $10.38 (40%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 342.73062 EAN: 9780393065503 ISBN: 0393065502 Label: W. W. Norton Manufacturer: W. W. Norton Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: September 10, 2007 Publisher: W. W. Norton Studio: W. W. Norton Sales Rank: 80623 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A central player's account of the clash between the rule of law and the necessity of defending America. Jack Goldsmith's duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel was to advise President Bush what he could and could not do...legally. Goldsmith took the job in October 2003 and began to review the work of his predecessors. Their opinions were the legal framework governing the conduct of the military and intelligence agencies in the war on terror, and he found many—especially those regulating the treatment and interrogation of prisoners—that were deeply flawed. Goldsmith is a conservative lawyer who understands the imperative of averting another 9/11. But his unflinching insistence that we abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful figures in the administration. Goldsmith's fascinating analysis of parallel legal crises in the Lincoln and Roosevelt administrations shows why Bush's apparent indifference to human rights has damaged his presidency and, perhaps, his standing in history. 8 pages of photographs. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Beware lawfare"Disgruntled-Bush-administration-official-writes-scathing-tell-all." It's practically a genre unto itself. At first look, "The Terror Presidency" by Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Justice Department's powerful and prestigious Office of Legal Counsel, looks like yet another addition to this group, alongside such forgettable pieces as those authored by Paul O'Neill and Scott McClellan. And in a certain sense it is. But Goldsmith has written something that goes beyond simple naming-of-names ... Read More Rating: - An Honest Intellectual Conservative Dumped by Bush RadicalsThis book is good example of how not even intellectually honest conservative could survive the radical ideology of the Bush Administration. Jack Goldsmith lasted only 9 months as head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) before having to resign. Goldsmith took office in October 2003. His time in office, though brief, was spent thinking and opining about some of the most complex wartime decisions about executive branch power any administration has ever encountered. Little did he know that ... Read More Rating:  - Superb inside look at the early Bush administration's counterterrorism policiesThe grand irony of the (early - pre-2004) Bush administration's counterterrorism policies, Goldsmith observes, is that although the Bush administration lawyers sought "to leave the presidency stronger than they found it", in fact they "seem to have achieved the opposite". The reason is simply that the American constitutional system really does have three branches of government. Although the judiciary in principle has little constitutional role to play in matters of war or foreign policy generally, the fact ... Read More Rating: - An appreciated look into governement and The Bush Presidency.I thank Mr. Goldsmith for sharing his experience in the Bush Presidency. The account was informative on the workings of government and the men involved. Well done! Rating: - Where are the "good guys?"In the book "The Terror Presidency" by Jack Goldsmith, the author gives the best reasoning for allowing torture that I have ever seen. He has also written opinions that give the widest latitude to the government to suspend habeas corpus and trial by jury. Mr. Goldsmith is a conservative lawyer and a college professor, according the book's jacket. (Obviously not of the "originalist" school of thought since it is clear the makers would be appalled by these opinions which are exactly the opposite of their intentions.) ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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