01208cam a2200241 a 4500020004300000020004000043040000800083082001900091100002500110245010500135250001200240260004600252300005200298504006400350505027200414650004700686650004700733650004700780650003100827650003200858650003300890651004300923  a9781597973878 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a1597973874 (hardcover : alk. paper)  cCUS00a973.931bPYL/G1 aPyle, Christopher H.10aGetting away with torture: secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law /cChristopher H. Pyle  a1st ed.  aWashington, D.C.:bPotomac Books,cc2009.  axiii, 339 p., [16] p. of plates:bill.;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index.0 aA policy of torture -- Unleashing the dogs of war -- Torture by proxy -- Signaling permission -- Covering up -- The war criminals -- Torture reconsidered -- Congress : the enablers -- Judicial complicity -- Why do they hate our freedoms? -- Restoring the rule of law. 0aTorturexGovernment policyzUnited States. 0aPrisoners of warxAbuse ofzUnited States. 0aSecrecyxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 0aWar crimeszUnited States. 0aRule of lawzUnited States. 0aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government