false 3109542 1 In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war&#8211;a new kind of war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set. <i>Bush&#8217;s Law </i>is the unprecedented account of how the Bush administration employed its &#8220;war on terror&#8221; to mask the most radical remaking of American justice in generations.<br><br>On orders from the highest levels of the administration, counterterrorism officials at the FBI, the NSA, and the CIA were asked to play roles they had never played before. But with that unprecedented power, administration officials butted up against&#8211;or disregarded altogether&#8211;the legal restrictions meant to safeguard Americans&#8217; rights, as they gave legal sanction to covert programs and secret interrogation tactics, a swept up thousands of suspects in the drift net.<br><br>Eric Lichtblau, who has covered the Justice Department and national security issues for the duration of the Bush administration, details not only the development of the NSA&#8217;s warrantless wiretapping program&#8211;initiated by the vice president&#8217;s office in the weeks after 9/11&#8211;but also the intense pressure that the White House brought to bear on <i>The New York Times </i>to thwart his story on the program.<br><br><i>Bush&#8217;s Law</i> is an unparalleled and authoritative investigative report on the hidden internal struggles over secret programs and policies that tore at the constitutional fabric of the country and, ultimately, brought down an attorney general. <br><i><br></i> 3140805 1 4 2008 Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice total:24|5:7|4:13|3:3|2:1| 24 98 67 10 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 04:45:28 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 04:52:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 21:53:25 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 21:14:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:21:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:27:34 -0700 2008 dare he be eloquent?), decided to read his book, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 05:22:15 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 05:33:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 17 06:19:17 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 17 20:00:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 17:36:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 17:39:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 29 18:34:50 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 18:36:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 09:15:33 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 09:19:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 23:35:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 15:08:56 -0700 2008 get the rest of the story with this NY Times journalist's memoir of reporting on the Bush Presidency.
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