TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayer,Jane
TI  - The dark side: the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals 
SN  - 9780385526395
AV  - HV 6432 M468d 2008
U1  - 973.931 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - War on Terrorism, 2001-
KW  - Operation Liberte immuable, 2001-
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
KW  - Influence
KW  - Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, Etats-Unis
KW  - Military interrogation
KW  - United States
KW  - Guerra contra el terrorismo, 2001-
KW  - War and emergency powers
KW  - Septiembre 11 Ataque terrorista, 2001
KW  - Influencia
KW  - Poderes de emergencia
KW  - Terrorisme
KW  - Lutte contre
KW  - Etats-Unis
KW  - ram
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - 2001-2009
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Bibliographical references (p. 361-369) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -