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Getting Away with Torture: Secret Government, War Crimes, and the Rule of Law Hardcover – Illustrated, June 1, 2009

by Christopher Pyle (Author)
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That American forces should torture prisoners in their “war” on terror is disturbing, but more shocking still is that the highest officials of the Bush-Cheney administration planned, authorized, encouraged, and concealed these war crimes. When the Supreme Court ruled that the officials were bound by the Geneva Conventions, a Republican Congress responded by granting amnesty to all responsible, from lowly interrogators to the president, while conservative judges erected a wall of secrecy to protect them even from civil liability. Meanwhile, timid Democrats have shown little stomach for repealing the amnesty law and bringing those responsible to justice.

Many Americans, including those who endorsed torture to find “ticking bombs” that never were, are now embarrassed by credible reports of CIA kidnappings for purposes of torture, secret prisons into which prisoners have disappeared without a trace, and rigged tribunals to convict al Qaeda’s criminals on evidence obtained by torture. But the problem is not just embarrassment; it is the widespread acceptance of unaccountable, secret government that now threatens to destroy the very foundations of constitutional government. The moral standing of the United States will not be restored, Christopher Pyle argues, until a concerted effort is made to bring our secret government under the rule of law.
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  1. Print length
    370 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    POTOMAC BOOKS
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    6.1 x 1.3 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1597973874
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1597973878
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  • F. Raffaele
    4.0 out of 5 stars Masterful!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2010
    Mr. Pyle presents a masterful overview of the legal subterfuge perpetrated by the culture of torture. His erudition conveys how profoundly contradictory to our legal and historical heritage the policy of torture really was. The sadism that became pervasive through out this campaign of revenge was only matched by the astuteness of the perpetrators in making sure that they were able to get away with their crimes. The individuals involved in these crimes against humanity knew full well that their actions provided no positive outcome within our historical framework, yet they nevertheless continued with their agenda. The futile policy for me exhibits both the paradox of their behavior and the social pathology that infected our government officials. It is difficult reading the book at times because a state of hopelessness begins to press upon you as you come to realize that these individuals involved in the torture-matrix are going to carry out their monstrous agenda and get away with it. Mr. Pyle is a perfect example of a man who clearly demonstrates that there are still sane people in this country and good and conscientious attorneys. At the end of the book Mr. Pyle comments on how another book needs to be written on illegal surveillance. I would strongly recommend writing one if he is so inclined. He would be providing us all a great service if he did write one.

    For further reading on this subject I would recommend Alfred McCoy's book "A Question of Torture" which provides a further testament to just how wide spread and pervasive this culture of torture really is. In my opinion, this culture has infected many institutions in this country and many private citizens show remarkable skill in the use of the "no-touch" torture developed by the CIA.
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  • Anthony Murphy
    5.0 out of 5 stars In The Name of Democracy
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2011
    This book should be on the shelf of every university Law Library alongside Dorothy
    M Stentons 'English Justice Beteen The Norman Conquest And The Great Charter 1066-1215'.Dorothy Stenton's Book was published under the Auspices of 'The American Philosophical Society' in 1964.Among other things it recounts how a certain Robert
    Drop at a time when Serfdom was institutionalised in English Society appeared before the itinerant judges in the county of Lincolnshire in 1202 and asserted that if his relatives wished to remain serfs "...He did not want to be."Subsequently his thirteen acres, and by implication his freedom, were secured by an accord between him and his Lord.Robert Drop received greater consideration and justice than the inmates of Guantanamo Bay some 900 years later.

    There could be no greater contrast in the administration of justice from the early
    rolls of the ininerant judges who made the circuit of the local assizes, and the
    unconstrained exercise of Executive power by ex-President George W Bush, who signed a Bill on October 17th 2006 giving amnesty to himself and all those complicit in the instigation of torture. By virtue of this Bill President Bush ensured that no one,now or in the future,could bring him or his associates before a Court of Law for crimes against humanity in which they were complicit.In this single action President Bush wilfully and knowingly nullified the final check and balance vital to democratic governance,namely recourse to justice in a Court of Law.
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  • Jim H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Should Be Mandatory Reading For Every American
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015
    Why are there only three reviews for this book? It is a brilliant, clearly written explanation of how America went from being - or at least aspiring to being - "the good guys' to a nation that tortures people as a matter of policy. In explaining how this happened, Mr. Pyle shows how all of our governmental institutions participated in this shameful episode in our history. This book should be mandatory reading for every American.
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