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How Would A Patriot Act?
Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
by Glenn Greenwald
Paperback, May 2006,
146 pages.
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From the book jacket: Glenn Greenwald was not a political man. Not liberal, not conservative. Politicians were all the same and it didn’t matter which party was in power. Extremists on both ends canceled each other out, and the United States would essentially remain forever centrist. Or so he thought.

Then came September 11, 2001. Greenwald’s disinterest in politics was replaced by patriotism, and he supported the war in Afghanistan. He also gave President Bush the benefit of the doubt over his decision to invade Iraq. But, as he saw Americans and others being disappeared, jailed and tortured, without charges or legal representation, he began to worry. And when he...
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Glenn Greenwald is a Constitutional law attorney, and author of the political blog, "Unclaimed Territory." He has written for American Conservative magazine and appeared on a variety of television and radio programs, including C-Span's "Washington Journal," Air America's "Majority Report" and Public Radio International's "To the Point." His reporting and analysis have been credited in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Salon, Slate and a variety of other print and online publications.

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This review is from the June 15, 2006 issue of BookBrowse Recommends. Click here to go to this issue.
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