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050			_aJK 275 _b.G855 2006
100			_aGreenwald, Glenn. _9107206
245		0	_aHow would a patriot act? : _bdefending American values from a president run amok / _cGlenn Greenwald ; [editor, Safir Ahmed].
260			_aSan Francisco : _bWorking Assets _cc2006.
300			_a128 p. _c21 cm.
520			_aGlenn Greenwald was not a political man -- neither liberal nor conservative. To him, the U.S. was generally on track and would remain forever centrist. But all that has changed. Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our federal government, which threatens to alter our system of governing ourselves and our national character. This extremism is neither liberal nor conservative, but is driven by the Bush administration's radical theories of executive power. Greenwald writes that we cannot abide these unlimited and unchecked presidential powers if we are to remain a constitutional republic. Because when you answer to no one, you're not a president -- you're a despot. This is one man's story of being galvanized into action to defend his country, and his concise and penetrating analysis of what is at stake for America when its president has secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a king. From 9/11 to the question of nuclear war in Iran, Greenwald shows how Bush's claims of unlimited power play out. In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald asks: how would a patriot act today? "www.alibris.com"
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