How Would a Patriot Act? by political blogger Glenn Greenwald is one mans transformation from apolitical centrist to citizen activist in defense of our Constitution. How would a patriot act today? Greenwald has some ideas. Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our federal government that is threatening to alter our system and who we are as a nation. Greenwald adds, This extremism is neither conservative nor liberal by nature, but is instead driven by theories of unlimited presidential power that are antithetical to the values that have governed this country since its founding. First released online, pre-sale orders on Amazon shot to number one from 50,000 in one day.
Greenwalds daily blog, Unclaimed Territory, is devoted to the belief that Americans must defend the Constitution when its under threat. Like right now. The blog is read by journalists and politicians, and even quoted by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) in the halls of Congress on the motion to censure the president.
Read the latest post from Unclaimed Territory.
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Author: Glenn Greenwald
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Publisher: Working Assets Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 0-9779440-0-X
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Glenn Greenwald has assembled a devastating bill of particulars against the Bush and Cheney administrations insistence on operating outside the rule of law. Greenwald has gathered solid information and marshaled a litany of abuses of power that make Richard Nixons imperial presidency look timid. All thinking Americans must answer How Would A Patriot Act? this coming election, and those who ignore what Greenwald has to say act at our collective peril.
All citizens, regardless of political party, should be concerned by the issues he raises. Well worth the time to read.
Often reducing complex legal issues into language anyone can understand, Glenn shows why hes one of the smartest and most important new voices to emerge in politics in years.
No matter your political persuasion, this book is a must-read for all Americans who believe the Constitution must remain the law of this land--and a refreshing reminder that there is more than one way to be an American patriot.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) cites a post by Glenn Greenwald during the Senate hearing on Feingold's motion to censure Bush. Crediting Greenwald's post, the Senator elaborates on the similarities between the Bush administration's reponses to warrantless wiretapping and those made by John Mitchell under President Nixon.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is now considering Russ Feingold's (D-WI) motion to "censure" the President for allowing warrantless wiretaps of Americans. John Conyers (D-MI) has proposed a select House committee to investigate the President's intent to make war before it was authorized by Congress; manipulating intelligence, encouraging and condoning torture and retaliating against critics.
Click here to listen to Glenn Greenwald and former Nixon administration official John Dean discussing these issues.
Click here to read a transcript from the Committee hearings.
Glenn Greenwald is a constitutional law attorney and author of the political blog Unclaimed Territory. He is a contributing editor for AlterNet and has written for American Conservative magazine and appeared on television and radio shows that include C-Spans Washington Journal,, Air Americas Majority Report and Public Radio Internationals To the Point. His reporting and analysis have been credited in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Salon and Slate, among others.