The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals Audiobook

" Excellent insights into the Bush white house. With the change in Presidency, I think things will change. But without a major scandal and jail time for the principles, what is to prevent the next president from doing the same thing? "

" A relentless indictment of the Bush Administration's detention and torture policies in the War on Terror. And, surprisingly, an inspiring story of the soldiers, lawyer and experts who pushed back against it. I wish everyone defending torture would read this book to know what they're talking about. "

" Great journalistic take on the Bush (I mean Cheney) Presidency and how it really just boiled down to a power grab by the Executive Branch. No conspiracies just power-hungry, ideologues. Amazingly a page-turner. Very well written. "

" This supports my other read "The Commission" Where The Commission was really mostly research and interviews, with very little author comment, Jane Mayer's opinion is more evident. I still felt I could draw my own conclusions. You really get to know the nutballs who were running things, and if you are interested in why people do the things they do, I think this book answers those questions. It also was a fast read, and again, I felt really smart afterwords. :) "

" My only comment is a review of the audiobook (I listened to rather than read this): when searing political books are written by women I think they should be narrated by women. The man who narrated this had a bizarrely square American delivery, a voice one might imagine belonging to some uncorrupted war-hero twin of Don Draper who was permanently running for governor, which was incongruous with what the book was about, really, as well as just the style of its sentences. "

" Eye-opening investigation into America's extraordinary rendition and interrogation policies during Afghanistan and Iraq. "

" A catapult into understanding the cast of characters and key goings on inside the current administration. A fast and lively read, packed with information. "

" I think a little more historical balance would have been nice...but an important documentation of our bad behavior. "

" Good reporting on what we've done since 9/11. "

" About the most damning indictment of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and their legal, moral and political consequences you'll ever read. "

" Amazingly detailed account of how the recent administration trashed the Constitution after 9/11--as bad as you suspected, maybe worse. "

" Like a western, but both the good cowboys (white hats) and bad cowboys (black hats) are lawyers. "

" Americans must read this book to gain perspective on how the Bush administration circumvented protocol and legalized torture in executing the war on terror. Mayer provides ample evidence that torture - humanity notwithstanding - does not lead to better military intelligence. "

" If you're a conspiracy theorist, and want your facts to be a bit more believable. Mayer makes some hard edge arguments against the dark, opaque, and secretive acts of policy the Bush administration has dealt during the "war on terror". "

" Good book. Pertinent to on-going discussions at the national level. "

" Devastating analysis of the Bush administration's use of torture and rendition following 9/11. The reader is left with a chilling understanding of how fragile our democracy is, and how adeptly its weaknesses were exploited. "

" Very depressing clearly war crimes were committed "

" Eye-opening investigation into America's extraordinary rendition and interrogation policies during Afghanistan and Iraq. "

" so far: informative, detailed, captivating, brilliant. "

" if you're going to read one book on the war on terror, it should be this one. this is the most meticulously researched, well-written, horrifying expose of the US legal regime i've ever read. hands down. "

" it is super upsetting but incredibly well written and useful. it hits close to home -- working on habeas corpus cases for people imprisoned at GTMO. People who had the shittiest luck and ended up kidnapped by the U.S. and tortured... "

" Jane Mayer has written one of the most compelling and frightnening history books of the decade. "

" Interesting and sad, but not surprising or enthralling. I felt like I should have been more shocked by what our country was doing to human beings, but I was not. That, in itself, is a pretty sad thing. "

" A very well-written account of the inner circle of the Bush Administration's dogged pursuit of the war on terror, and the deliberate dismantling of the rule of law. "

" This book is scarier than anything Stephen King ever wrote. Jane Meyer is a genius. "