Bad advice : Bush's lawyers in the war on terror / Harold H. Bruff.

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2009.

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War and emergency powers -- United States -- History.

Government attorneys -- History.

War on terrorism, 2001-.

Part I. Right and conscience

1. The dilemma of the executive adviser

2. The President's lawyers in the formative years

3. The President's lawyers in the institutional presidency

4. The professional responsibility of the President's lawyers

5. Competing visions of executive power

Part II. Bad advice

6. The Bush administration declares war on terrorism

7. Surveillance by the National Security Agency

8. Indefinite detention of enemy combatants

9. Escaping Geneva

10. Military trials for war crimes

11. Interrogation

12. Advice begets action: from the Office of Legal Counsel to Abu Ghraib

13. Better advice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780700616435

vii, 403 p. ; 25 cm