03090cam a22004575a 4500 112554 112554 15967584 BJBSDDR 20230411090114.0 150519s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2009517354 9780307456298 (pbk.) 0307456293 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn259266095 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP BNY NBJ OCLCA DLC lccopycat HV 6432 M468d 2009 973.931 22 Mayer, Jane (Jane Meredith), 1955- 4121 The dark side : the inside story of how the War on Terror turned into a war on American ideals / Jane Mayer. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, c2009. 412 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. "With a new afterword."--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [380]-388) and index. 1. Panic -- 2. Blame -- 3. The warning -- 4. Men of zeal -- 5. Detainee 001 -- 6. Outsourcing torture -- 7. Inside the black sites -- 8. The experiment -- 9. The memo -- 10. A deadly interrogation -- 11. Blowback -- 12. Cover-up. 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. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence. Military interrogation United States. War and emergency powers United States. Guerra contra el terrorismo, 2001- 434 Septiembre 11 Ataque terrorista, 2001 5597 Influencia Poderes de emergencia 5598 United States Politics and government 2001-2009. United States History 21st century. Estados Unidos Historia 2914 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2001-2009 507 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2019-05-15 0 HV 6432 M468d 2009 00000123949 2019-05-15 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK