Cynthia Cooper
Author
Language
English
Description
The country faced a Constitutional crisis during the Watergate conspiracy. He stood firm to set the record straight.As the chief judge of the federal court in Washington D.C. in 1972, John J. Sirica took on the trial of burglars arrested while planting electronic bugs in the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex. Who had sent them? The defendants weren't saying and President Nixon disavowed any knowledge of the conspirators. Sirica came...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet, both Bush and Cheney are audaciously unapologetic about their crimes. In his recent memoir, President Bush makes no apologies for his decision to start...