Charlie Savage - Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency
Here you can read online Charlie Savage - Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2015, publisher: Little, Brown and Company, genre: Politics. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Romance novel
Science fiction
Adventure
Detective
Science
History
Home and family
Prose
Art
Politics
Computer
Non-fiction
Religion
Business
Children
Humor
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
- Book:Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency
- Author:
- Publisher:Little, Brown and Company
- Genre:
- Year:2015
- Rating:5 / 5
- Favourites:Add to favourites
- Your mark:
Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Barack Obama campaigned on a promise of change from George W. Bushs global war on terror. Yet from indefinite detention and drone strikes to surveillance and military tribunals, Obama ended up continuing-and in some cases expanding-many policies he inherited. What happened?
In Power Wars, Charlie Savage looks inside the Obama administrations national security legal and policy team in a way that no one has before. Based on exclusive interviews with more than 150 current and former officials and access to previously unreported documents, he lays bare their internal deliberations, including emotional debates over the fates of detainees held on torture-tainted evidence and acts of war that lacked congressional authorization. He tells the inside stories of how Obama came to order the killing of an American citizen, preside over an unprecedented crackdown on leaks, and keep a then-secret National Security Agency program that collected records of every Americans phone calls.
Savage also pieces together the first comprehensive history of how American surveillance secretly developed over the past thirty-five years, synthesizing recent revelations and filling in gaps with new reporting. And he provides lucid explanations of legal dilemmas in a way that non-lawyers can understand. Highlighted by new information about the pivotal aftermath to the failed Christmas underwear bombing and the planning for the Osama bin Laden raid, Savages own eyewitness reporting at Guantnamo, and detailed accounts of closed-door meetings at the highest levels of government, Power Wars equips readers to understand the legacy of Obamas presidency.
Charlie Savage: author's other books
Who wrote Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the authors intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the authors rights.
To receive special offers, bonus content, and news about ourlatest ebooks and apps, sign up for our newsletters.
Sign Up
Or visit us at hachettebookgroup.com/newsletters
Copyright 2015 by Charlie Savage
Cover design by Archie Ferguson
Author photograph by Tim Coburn
Cover copyright 2015 Hachette Book Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the authors intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the authors rights.
Little, Brown and Company
Hachette Book Group
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104
littlebrown.com
twitter.com/littlebrown
facebook.com/littlebrownandcompany
First ebook edition: November 2015
Little, Brown and Company is a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Little, Brown name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.
The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to hachettespeakersbureau.com or call (866) 376-6591.
ISBN 978-0-316-28660-2
E3
Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
For my sons, William and Peter
[The Bush-Cheney administration] puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand. I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our freedom.
Senator Barack Obama, presidential campaign address on national security policy, August 1, 2007
I think the American people understand that there are some trade-offs involved. I think its important to recognize that you cant have a hundred percent security and also then have a hundred percent privacy and zero inconvenience. You know, were going to have to make some choices as a society.
President Barack Obama, responding to the disclosure that the National Security Agency was systematically collecting records about Americans domestic phone calls in bulk, June 7, 2013
This history of national-security legal policymaking in the Obama administration is primarily based on my interviews with more than 150 current and former government officials, many of whom I spoke with on multiple occasions. Where possible, I cite these officials by name. Most of them agreed to speak with me on background rules, meaning that I would not identify them as sources of particular information. I sought to corroborate accounts by cross-referencing their memories and claims with multiple witnesses.
Power Wars also quotes internal government documents that are not, as of this writing, available for public scrutiny. Where possible, I cite publicly available sources, including leaked or declassified documents, congressional testimony, oversight reports, court files, memoirs, and contemporaneous news articles.
Finally, this book contains dialogue from private conversations and meetings. I use italicized text to signal remarks that have been reconstructed, from memories or notes, in approximate form. This practice extends to reconstructed dialogue I have drawn from former officials memoirs, witnesses testimony about previous events, and other journalists work.
Keith AlexanderNational Security Agency director, 20052014
James BakerJustice Department intelligence counsel, 20012007; associate deputy attorney general, 20092011; Federal Bureau of Investigation general counsel, 2014
David BarronJustice Department Office of Legal Counsel acting assistant attorney general, 20092010
Robert BauerWhite House counsel, 20102011
Preet BhararaUnited States attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2009
Joe Bidenvice president, 2009
Dennis Blairdirector of National Intelligence, 20092010
John BrennanWhite House counterterrorism adviser, 20092013; Central Intelligence Agency director, 2013
Lanny BreuerJustice Department Criminal Division assistant attorney general, 20092013
Valerie CaproniFederal Bureau of Investigation general counsel, 20032011
John CarlinJustice Department National Security Division assistant attorney general, 2013
Ashton Cartersecretary of defense, 2015
James Clapperundersecretary of defense for intelligence, 20062010; director of National Intelligence, 2010
Hillary Clintonsecretary of state, 20092013
James Coledeputy attorney general, 20112015
James ComeyFederal Bureau of Investigation director, 2013
Gregory CraigWhite House counsel, 2009
James CrawfordJoint Chiefs of Staff legal counsel, 20072011
Rajesh DeNational Security Agency general counsel, 20122015
Martin Dempseychairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 20112015
Mary DeRosaNational Security Council legal adviser, 20092011
Thomas DonilonWhite House deputy national security adviser, 20092010; national security adviser, 20102013
Brian EganNational Security Council legal adviser, 2013
Neil EgglestonWhite House counsel, 2014
Daniel FriedState Department envoy for Guantnamo closure, 20092013
Robert Gatessecretary of defense, 20062011
Glenn GerstellNational Security Agency general counsel, 2015
Richard GrossJoint Chiefs of Staff legal counsel, 2011
Chuck Hagelsecretary of defense, 20132015
Avril HainesNational Security Council legal adviser, 20112013; Central Intelligence Agency deputy director, 20132015; deputy national security adviser, 2015
Todd HinnenJustice Department National Security Division deputy assistant attorney general (and sometimes acting head), 20092011
Eric Holderattorney general, 20092015
Jeh JohnsonDepartment of Defense general counsel, 20092012; Homeland Security secretary, 2013
James JonesWhite House national security adviser, 20092010
Nathaniel JonesJustice Department National Security Division counsel to the assistant attorney general, 2009; National Security Council director for counterterrorism, 20092012
Elena Kagansolicitor general, 20092010
Neal Katyalprincipal deputy solicitor general (and sometimes acting head), 20092011
John Kerrysecretary of state, 2013
Edwin Kneedlerdeputy solicitor general, 1993
Harold KohState Department legal adviser, 20092013
Caroline KrassNational Security Council deputy legal counsel, 20092010; Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel principal deputy assistant attorney general (and sometimes acting head), 20112014; Central Intelligence Agency general counsel, 2014
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
Similar books «Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency»
Look at similar books to Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Discussion, reviews of the book Power Wars: Inside Obamas Post-9/11 Presidency and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.