By Jane Mayer
A dramatic and damning narrative account of the way the United States has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the times instantly following September eleventh, the main strong humans within the state have been panic-stricken. the novel judgements approximately how one can wrestle terrorists and increase nationwide protection have been made in a country of utter chaos and worry, however the key avid gamers, vp Dick Cheney and his strong, secretive adviser David Addington, used the trouble to extra a protracted held time table to reinforce Presidential powers to some extent by no means identified in U.S. heritage, and obliterate Constitutional protections that outline the very essence of the yank experiment.
THE darkish part is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of the way the USA made poor judgements within the pursuit of terrorists round the world-- judgements that not just violated the structure to which White apartment officers took an oath to uphold, but additionally hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping aspect, acclaimed New Yorker author and bestselling writer, Jane Mayer, relates the effect of those decisions—U.S.-held prisoners, a few of them thoroughly blameless, have been subjected to remedy extra resembling the Spanish Inquisition than the twenty-first century.
THE darkish aspect will chronicle genuine, particular situations, proven in actual time opposed to the bigger tableau of what used to be taking place in Washington, the intelligence gained—or not—and the cost paid. In a few circumstances, torture labored. in lots of extra, it ended in fake info, occasionally with devastating effects. for example, there's the beautiful admission of 1 of the detainees, Sheikh Ibn al-Libi, that the confession he gave less than duress—which supplied a key piece of facts buttressing congressional help of going to battle opposed to Iraq--was in truth fabricated, to make the torture stop.
In all circumstances, regardless of the brief time period profits, there have been incalculable losses when it comes to ethical status, and our country's position on the planet, and its experience of itself. THE darkish part chronicles some of the most nerve-racking chapters in American heritage, one who will function the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency.
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