Conversations with History - Jane Mayer

"How the War on Terror Turned into A War on American Values"
Jane Mayer, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes New Yorker writer Jane Mayer for a discussion of her new book, The Dark Side. She explains how, under the direction of Vice President Cheney and his Assistant David Addington,the Bush administration, contrary to American history and tradition, implemented a policy of torture and rendition in violation of U.S. and international law. She describes the resistence within the government and the military to these actions. Mayer also offers a compelling account of what happened to detainees under the Cheney/Addington regime. She also analyzes the long term consequences for the fight against terror and for U.S. moral leadership in the world.

Recorded August 8, 2008

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[wolfheinl]

All Americans should watch this to hear the depths that the Bush administration sank. Hopefully it will show the international community that not all in power in the Bush administration and government are creeps. I commend those who worked against Chaney and Addington and their paranoid "war on terror". I urge the legal community to investigate and bring to justice those who condoned and ordered torture and renditions.

[renaldo999]

Wonderful interview. Look forward to reading the book.

[Setzer]

When she mentioned how John McCain stood up and denounced torture, it really made me wonder how he could have changed so much by the time the 2010 election came around. I'm very disappointed with how he has evolved. I really would have voted for him in 2010 if he was still the maverick and the moderate he used to be.

[gonedoolali]

Yes but they can't do that to a little yellow China man or a scrawny little India babu can they -wanna guess why! How far would they have really got with this! Not just cruel but really really stupid! Hang the cowards! Thank you great Interview

[neerajamb]

A loss t history, but a great gain for journalism! I read the insightful article Jane Mayer wrote recently; some admirable investigatory work...

[thedongregga]

Justice defined.

1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : judge c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity

Now I will draw your attention to 1.) c:

Considering they were rounding-up suspects illegally, it is hardly just.

[xabixnaq]

it apperas that regan wuz a patizan to butt he cood spel

you ar a smart gie

The toilet is one the right.

[wntyrpssy]

Love the way you think, Jane Mayer. Love your books too.

[Cr0wnv1c]

Well done Jane Mayer. A patriot worth the name.

[rllang01]

After 30 minutes of discussion Jane Mayer begins to coalesce her arguments into a meaningful perspective but then she realizes the broader implications of that perspective and resorts back to her partizan posture. Americans are not above the mistreatment of prisoners in war even when those prisoners are americans themselves (ie) the Civil War. The Union Army's, Camp Elmira, allowed for the deaths of thousands of confederate prisoners by starvation and mistreatment.

[rllang01]

Jane Mayer states that preemptive policy is in the territory of thought crime, al la carte "Orwellian Dystopia". what exactly is her alternative ? to allow terrorists to first commit their mass murder crimes before justice can be served ? does she really think that this serves justice ? does she not know that conspiracy to commit a crime is a prosecutable offence ? It seems that Jane Mayer suffers from considerable delirium from the reality that conservatives, when in office, exercise a policy.