Bad advice
Subtitle: Bush's lawyers in the war on terror
By: Harold H. Bruff.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780700616435
Subjects: War and emergency powers -- United States -- History; Government attorneys -- History; War on Terrorism, 2001-
Description: From wiretapping American citizens to waterboarding foreign prisoners, the Bush administration has triggered an uproar over its tactics in the War on Terror--and over its justifications for using them. Through a close study of the legal advice provided to President Bush, former Justice Department attorney Harold Bruff provides an incisive and scathing critique of those justifications, which he finds at odds with both American law and moral authority.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The dilemma of the executive adviser; title: The president's lawyers in the formative years; title: The president's lawyers in the institutional presidency; title: The professional responsibility of the president's lawyers; title: Competing visions of executive power; title: The Bush administration declares war on terrorism; title: Surveillance by the National Security Agency; title: Indefinite detention of enemy combatants; title: Escaping Geneva; title: Military trials for war crimes; title: Interrogation; title: Advice begets action : from OLC to Abu Ghraib; title: Better advice.