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...They want Americans to believe that an effective response to the tragedy of September 11, 2001, required that the Bush administration flout or at least redefine the law in order to stop another attack. The journalist Jane Mayer deems this argument the “New Paradigm” in her new book The Dark Side. The premise is simple: to stop terrorism, the U.S. government needs to be able to use all the means at its disposal. Vice President Cheney famously announced five days after the attacks, “We have to work the dark side...
...Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals By Jane Mayer (Doubleday; 392 pages...
Five days after 9/11, Dick Cheney famously said that to combat terrorism, "We'll have to work sort of the dark side." Mayer's new book argues that he meant what he said: "For the first time in its history," she writes, "the United States sanctioned government officials to physically and psychologically torment U.S.-held captives, making torture the official law of the land in all but name." The author, an investigative reporter for the New Yorker, meticulously demonstrates that the Administration, fully aware that as many as a third of the detainees in Guantnamo may have...
HUDS regularly participates in different competitions— "learning experiences," HUDS executive director Ted A. Mayer said, that demand a wide range of skills and challenge the dining services to improve. In past competitions, HUDS has won awards for special events in the Houses, catered events, and even the design of the brochures, he said...
...think it speaks to the level of professionalism and skill that HUDS exhibits everyday, three times a day, in all its venues," Mayer said. "We're very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of individuals who serve our students, faculty, and staff...