Cheating Justice Read Free

our treaties, violation of our laws on privacy, deception of the Congress, and subversion of the constitutional checks on war making are minor matters, easily overlooked. It means rejecting what used to be regarded as core American values, and even worse, sends a clear signal to future presidents that they may act with similar disregard for the law.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    The authors would like to thank and acknowledge the many people who guided this book along its way. The support and encouragement of Max Palevsky were central to developing this book, and his resolute commitment to fighting for democracy and justice continued to resonate even after his death in 2010. We wish to thank our publisher, Beacon Press, and the terrific people associated with it, in particular, the director and our editor, Helene Atwan, and the assistant to the director, Crystal Paul. Loretta Barrett, our wise and experienced agent and friend, played an invaluable role, as did her colleagues at Loretta Barrett Books, Inc. Especially indispensable and inspiring were the people in our lives who shared their kindness, generosity, and advice, and, for that, we express our deep gratitude to Jennifer Clarke, Jodi Evans, Terry Allen, Angela Bonavoglia, Lory Frankel, Susan Cohen, Michael angel Johnson, and Robert Holtzman.

INDEX
    Please note that page numbers are not accurate for the e-book edition.
    ABC News: and Ashcroft on torture, 79; and Bush on intelligence failure in Iraq, 31; and Bush on waterboarding, 103; and Cheney on President’s Surveillance Program, 58, 62, 63; and Cheney on torture, x, 79
    Abu Ahmed, 112–13
    Abu Ghraib prison: CIA torture at, 149; international justice on, 148; photos of prisoner abuse at, 72, 88, 117; and Rumsfeld, 88; and Saddam Hussein, 88; torture in, xiv, 70, 71, 72, 88, 90, 99, 106, 110, 111, 113, 148
    Abu Omar, 152
    Abu Zubaydah: CIA interrogation and torture of, 78, 80, 81, 83–85, 103, 104, 109, 149; FBI interrogation of, 78, 111; intelligence from, 111; international justice for, 155; missing tapes of interrogations of, 149; physical and mental injuries following torture of, 104, 109, 115; waterboarding of, 85
    accountability: changing statutes of limitations for grave abuses of power, 128–29; citizen activism for, 167; civil lawsuits for illegal wiretapping, 64, 66; civil litigation process for, 64, 66, 129–34; constitutional provisions for, xi; definition of, 117; and domestic policy, 117–40; and education agenda of Bush administration, 117; False Statements Accountability Act (1996), 5; and international justice, 141–63; need for, regarding Bush-Cheney administration generally, xi–xii, xiv–xv, 67, 118, 139–41, 165, 167; power of impeachment for, 136–37; reclaiming protections against unchecked surveillance, 122–25; recovery of missing records, 125–28; and reform of state secrets privilege, 134–36; restoration of War Crimes Act for, 122; special prosecutor and, 118–22; steps in investigation of Bush-Cheney administration generally, xiv–xv; truth commission for, 137–40.
See also
prosecution
    ACLU, 52, 57, 61, 73, 104, 123–24, 126, 132, 157, 167
    ACLU v. National Security Agency
, 132–33
    Addington, David, 47, 76, 80, 108, 146
    Afghanistan: al Qaeda training in, 75; CIA facilities in, 74, 116; torture of detainees in, 69, 76, 87, 152, 155; U.S. invasion of, 30, 92
    Against All Enemies
(Clarke), 9
    Agence France Presse, 154, 155
    Aguirre, Eduardo, 147
    Ahmad, Bashir, 69
    al-Bashir, Omar Hassan, 144, 150
    Al-Haramain Foundation, 64, 133;
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush
, 133
    Alhazmi, Nawaf, 49–50
    al-Janabi, Rafid Ahmed Alway (“Curveball”), 32
    Allende, Salvador, 145
    al-Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh, 31–32, 37, 75, 104
    All Things Considered
(NPR), on pardon for Bush, ix
    al-Midhar, Khalid, 50
    al-Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim, 69–70, 115, 154–55
    al Qaeda: and Bush administration before 9/11 attacks, 9,