Bush's Law The Remaking of American Justice

Pulitzer Prizewinner Eric Lichtblau offers an unparalleled and authoritative investigation of the Bush administration's internal struggles over secret programs and policies that tore at the constitution and, ultimately, brought down an attorney general. In the aftermath of 9/11, Bush and his top advisors declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a wara war that would require new tactics, new tools, and a new mind-set.Bush's Lawis the alarming account of how the "war on terror" has been used to mask the most radical remaking of American justice in generations.

Eric Lichtblau received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, for his stories on the NSA's wiretapping program. He has worked in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, covering the Justice Department, since 2002. From 1999 to 2002 he covered the Justice Department for the Los Angeles Times. He is a graduate of Cornell University and lives in the Washington, D.C., area.


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