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The Bush Theory Of The War Power: Authoritarianism, Torture And The So-Called “War On Terror”- A Critique, Christopher L. Blakesley, Judy Meyerson
The Bush Theory Of The War Power: Authoritarianism, Torture And The So-Called “War On Terror”- A Critique, Christopher L. Blakesley, Judy Meyerson
Christopher L. Blakesley
The Bush Theory of the War Power:
Authoritarianism, Torture and the
So-Called “War on Terror”- A Critique
Christopher L. Blakesley & Thomas B. McAffee
Abstract
Our article addresses the Bush administration’s arrogation of power to the President and its manifestation in the disappearance, imprisonment, and torture of detainees in prisons, including Guantánamo, Bagram, Abu Ghraib, and so-called “black sites,” or prisons in countries that engage in torture. These shameful practices were authorized in the infamous September 25, 2001 Torture Memo and other controversial legal memoranda by John Yoo and other Bush administration attorneys. The memos, which claimed authoritarian executive power …