Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror

by Gregory Fried and Charles Fried

Book Overview

Can torture ever be justified? When is eavesdropping acceptable? Should a kidnapper be waterboarded to reveal where his victim has been hidden? Ever since 9/11 there has been an intense debate about the government s application of torture and the pervasive use of eavesdropping and data mining in order to thwart acts of terrorism. To create this seminal statement on torture and surveillance, Charles Fried and Gregory Fried have measured current controversies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393069516
• ISBN13: 9780393069518
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.7"