Full name: The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration

Author: Jack Goldsmith Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Politics, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393335330 039333533X

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. Similar books: Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin One Nation by Ben Carson A Warning by Anonymous Justice on Trial by Mollie Hemingway Control by Glenn Beck Hillary's America by Dinesh D'Souza Licensed to Lie by Sidney Powell Front Row at the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl The Big Lie by Dinesh D'Souza The Smear by Sharyl Attkisson Fascism by Madeleine Albright Ship of Fools by Tucker Carlson If You Can Keep It by Eric Metaxas White Guilt by Shelby Steele The Fifties by David Halberstam The Soul of America by Jon Meacham America Alone by Mark Steyn Glenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn Beck