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In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself.--From publisher description.
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Politics and government, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, War and emergency powers, Influence, Military interrogation, Internationaler Terrorismus, Freiheitsrecht, Bekämpfung, History, War on Terrorism, 2001-, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-08-03, New York Times bestsellerPlaces
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-369) and index.
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