State of War The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration

Name: State of War The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
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ISBN: 9780743270670

ISBN-10: 0743270673

ISBN-13: 9780743270670

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Authors: James Risen

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James Risen has broken story after story on the abuses of power of the Bush administration. From warrantless wiretapping to secret financial data mining to the CIA's rogue operations, he has shown again and again that the executive branch has dangerously overreached, repudiated checks and balances on its power, and maintained secrecy even with its allies in Congress. In no small part thanks to Risen andState of War,the "secret history" of the Bush years has now come partially into view. In a new epilogue for the paperback edition, Risen describes the two-front war that President Bush is now fighting: at home against Congress and the Supreme Court, as his administration is increasingly…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/24/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



A Note on Sources


Prologue



"Who Authorized Putting Him on Pain Medication?"



The Program



Casus Belli



The Hunt for WMD



Skeptics and Zealots



Spinning War and Peace



Losing Afghanistan



In Denial: Oil, Terrorism, and Saudi Arabia



A Rogue Operation


Afterword


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Index