A War Like No Other (44 page)

al-Aulaqi, Anwar,
221
,
260–61
,
311–12n18

    
alleged terrorist activities of,
264

    
congressional hearings sparked by killing of,
274

    
court’s decision in suit of,
282–85

    
targeted killing of,
263–85

    
U.S. citizenship of,
261
,
263
,
272–73

al-Aulaqi, Nasser

    
standing to file suit,
284–85

    
suits filed by,
263–85
,
311–12n18

Alien and Sedition Acts,
197

Alien Torts Claims Act,
291n34

Alito, Samuel,
96
,
252
,
255–57

    
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
and,
96

    
Katz v. United States
and,
254

    
United States v. Jones
and,
253–55

al-Marri, Ali Saleh Kahlah,
164

Al Odah v. United States
,
12–15
,
17
,
20
,
21
,
30–31

al-Qaeda,
ix
,
73
,
77
,
129
,
149
,
201–2
,
227
,
229–30
,
260
,
266

    
Bush administration and,
7–8
,
12–13
,
15
,
19
,
22
,
24
,
39
,
41

    
detention of members,
153–61
,
162
,
260

    
as enemy combatants,
21–23
,
153
,
155

    
imprisonment without trial and,
153–61
,
162

    
Obama administration and,
104–7
,
109
,
111
,
113

    
principle of freedom and,
153–61

    
war against,
39
,
41
,
118–19
,
153–55
,
159–60
,
262–63
,
267–68
,
271
(
see also
War on Terror
)

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,
264
,
265

American Society of International Law,
152
,
159

Amman, Jordan, terrorist attacks in,
104

Arar, Maher, case,
180–95

Army Field Manual,
118
,
175
,
176
,
193

Ashcroft, John,
29–30
,
112–13

assassination, ban on,
260

    
See also
targeted killing

Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF),
46
,
159–60
,
164–65

Bagram Air Field detainees,
117
,
119
,
122
,
123
,
162
,
163
,
166
,
189

Barak, Aharon,
xiii–xiv
,
xvii
,
7
,
126
,
128–39
,
261
,
265
,
281–82
,
310n7

    
approach to conflicting values,
132–33
,
138

    
early life of,
128

    
fundamental values and,
135–36

    
human dignity and,
130–33
,
138–39

    
inquiries into substantive rationality,
137–38

    
The Judge in a Democracy
,
126

    
limits on deference due to the military,
133–34

    
“proportionality test” and,
135–36

    
question of necessary torture and,
132

    
retirement of,
126
,
128

    
rulings on terrorism,
133

    
on security fence,
133
,
138

    
on targeted killing,
133
,
136–37

Basic Laws (Israel),
130–39

Bates, John,
264
,
275
,
282–83
,
283–84
,
311–12n18

Begin, Menachem,
128

Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack on U.S. embassy in,
221

bifurcated exclusionary rule,
144
,
157

Bill of Rights,
8–9
,
14
,
19–20
,
41
,
44
,
62–64
,
105
,
116
,
130

    
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and,
111

    
habeas corpus and,
145
,
165

    
torture and,
178
,
183

    
warrantless wiretapping and,
246

    
See also
U.S. Constitution
;
specific amendments

bin Laden, Osama,
ix
,
81
,
104–5
,
148
,
154
,
219
,
227
,
262–63
,
266
,
267

Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents
,
170
,
184–85
,
186
,
188
,
192
,
195
,
280–81

Blackmun, Harry,
64
,
236

“black sites,”
118
,
193

Boumediene v. Bush
,
xi
,
xii
,
xv
,
4–5
,
70–71
,
116–17
,
121–22
,
165–67
,
247
,
278–79
,
311n11

Brandeis, Louis,
98
,
207

Brandenburg v. Ohio
,
xiv–xv
,
197–98
,
208
,
209
,
217

Brennan, William,
xvi
,
60–61
,
62
,
64–66
,
236

Breyer, Stephen,
137–38

    
Boumediene v. Bush
and,
279

    
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
and,
86
,
90
,
93
,
96–97

    
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
and,
46–48
,
278

    
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
and,
216–18

    
as minimalist,
69

    
Rasul v. Bush
and,
95
,
96–97

    
United States v. Jones
and,
255

Brown v. Mississippi
,
169

Burger Court,
xii
,
170
,
226

Bush, George W.,
99
,
103
,
221

    
2001 executive order authorizing use of military commissions,
107
,
112
,
120

    
declaration of opposition to torture,
174

    
declaration of War on Terror,
227
,
285

    
imprisonment without trial and,
164

    
Obama’s repudiation of,
99–100

    
policies on torture,
174–79

    
See also
Bush administration

Bush administration,
xi–xiii
,
3–4
,
33–37
,
67
,
104–17
,
125
,
149–50
,
159
,
178–79
,
181
,
202
,
227
,
259
,
285

    
CIS interrogation and detention policy under,
171

    
Combatant Status Review Tribunals and,
111

    
constitutional rights and,
15–16

    
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and,
110–11
,
178–79
,
229

    
detention policy of,
33–35
,
37–38
,
46–47
,
74–76
,
105–6
,
111–12
,
161–62
,
171
,
272–73

    
enemy combatants and,
77

    
establishment of military commissions,
107–8

    
FISA and,
227–31

    
Guantánamo detainees and,
77–89

    
interrogation policy and,
171

    
Iraq War and,
10–11

    
Military Commissions Act of 2006 and,
88
,
111–12

    
Obama administration’s continuation of Bush-era policies,
100–102
,
103
,
117–24
,
143–44
,
163
,
194

    
targeted killing policy of,
273–74

    
Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
256–58

    
USA PATRIOT Act and,
12

    
violations of constitutional tradition by,
104–17
,
124
,
147

    
warrantless wiretapping and,
122
,
201
,
227–31

Bybee, Jay,
174
,
176
,
177–78

cellular telephone communications.
See
electronic communications
;
telephone communications

censorship, of violent political advocacy,
202–20

Charter of the United Nations,
7–8
,
9
,
265–67

    
Article 2,
266

    
Article 51,
266
,
270

    
Iraq War and,
10–11

    
NATO’s humanitarian intervention in Kosovo and,
10–11

    
territorial sovereignty and,
272

Cheney, Dick,
177
,
229

Church, Frank,
227–28

Christmas Day bomber,
264

CIA,
180
,
189
,
193
,
236
,
260

    
de facto granting of immunity to,
119

    
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and,
242

    
interrogation and detention policy under,
171
,
176–77

    
secret prisons abroad,
118

    
state secrets doctrine and,
189–90
,
191
,
194

    
use of torture by,
171
,
194

citizens.
See
U.S. citizens

Cohen v. California
,
216

Cole, David,
160
,
198

Combatant Status Review Tribunals,
79
,
80–82
,
89
,
111
,
114
,
115

constitutionalism,
37

constitutional rights,
4
,
12–15
,
51–52
,
129
,
135
,
196

    
of citizens,
15–16
,
22
,
23–24
,
106–7
,
180
,
272–73
,
279–80

    
complicity of government branches in violating,
110–17