How Would a Patriot Act?

What I hope will be the book's principal impact is to cast a very bright
light on the fact that all of these Bush administration scandals which are
always discussed in isolation — lawless detentions, secret prisons, the use
of torture, illegal eavesdropping, etc. — are merely symptoms of a profound
political crisis which our country faces, brought about by the fact that this
administration has adopted radical theories of power whereby the President
literally and expressly claims the right to act without restraint, including
those imposed by law. The powers seized by this president are exactly those
powers about which the founders most urgently and explicitly warned, and which
they sought, first and foremost, to prevent. How
Would a Patriot Act? — the release

How Would a Patriot Act? is now available for pre-order.
It's $12, which almost anyone can afford. Glenn's work on the NSA spying issue
has been incredibly important to all of us, his posts a must read. Glenn Greenwald
riffs on the wonderful news that his book has skyrocketed up the Amazon charts
in one day, through the help of Jane,
Digby,
Atrios and others who have trumpeted
the pre-order.

Make this part of your progressive cause. Please pre-order
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It's very exciting to have a book published. Wonderful that books can be turned out so quickly, in paperbook, to reach as many people as possible. Priced to sell, it puts books into people's hands that would have once taken twice the cost and 10 times the time to manifest. I've been through it myself, so I appreciate the process. Let's help make this release a great success. Glenn deserves our support.

Here's what John Dean had to say, but only after reading the book. It's the type of review that's only worth having from someone who's actually read what the author has written.

Glenn Greenwald has assembled a devastating bill of particulars against the Bush and Cheney administration's insistence on operating outside the rule of law. He has gathered solid information and marshaled a litany of abuses of power that make Richard Nixon's imperial presidency look timid. All thinking Americans must answer How Would A Patriot Act? this coming election, and those who ignore what Greenwald has to say act at our collective peril. - John W. Dean Former Nixon White House Counsel and author of Conservatives Without Conscience

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