Democracy Detained: Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror

by Barbara J. Olshansky, Nat Hentoff (Introduction)

Democracy Detained exposes the deplorable secret crimes committed by the Bush administration in their war on terror. Prominent legal activist Barbara Olshansky documents the assault on our constitutional democracy since 9/11, meticulously analyzing the unlawful justifications made by the U.S. government for covert actions at home and abroad. She reports on current shocking practices, from the outsourcing of torture through extraordinary rendition, to first-person testimony from innocent men imprisoned without charge at Guantánamo Bay, to revelations of a surveillance network tapped into the homes of average citizens. Democracy Detained is an essential resource for Americans concerned about their civil rights.

Genres: Nonfiction

400 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Tram Nguyen · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit legalistic but it does a good job of really bringing home the constitutional issues in the war on terror, connecting rendition to enemy combatant to detention in one strong argument.