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Power and Constraint : : the Accountable Presidency After 9/11

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Introduction: checks and balances in an endless war -- Part one. Continuity: the new normal; forces bigger than the president -- Part two. Distributed checks and balances: accountability journalism; spies under a government microscope; warrior-lawyers; the GTMO bar -- Part three. Assessment: the presidential synopticon -- Afterword: after the next attack.
A former member of the Bush administration discusses the expansion of presidential authority in the past two decades and describes why he feels this increase in power has also been met with an increase in accountability.

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PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xvi, 311 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393081336
0393081338

SUBJECTS
Presidents -- History -- 21st century.
Executive power -- History -- 21st century.
Separation of powers -- History -- 21st century.