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“An impressive and moving portrayal of the
secret detention and interrogation system”

            Margaret Satterthwaite,  Director
   Center for Human Rights and Global
 Justice, NYU Law School


“Stylish, fiercely funny and frightening”

                                           Kirkus Reviews


"Holdefer is a masterful satirist and humor
often punctuates this dark look at what
happens when humanity is set aside"

                                          Philadelphia Stories


"Resonates with headlines"

                                         Santa Cruz Sentinel


"Classic storytelling"

                                       Bookselling This Week
Related Readings

1) An account, based on U.S. government documents, of the death of Manadel al-Jamadi, known
as the "Ice Man”  http://www.salon.com/news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/chapter_5/index.html

See also Jane Mayer, http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/14/051114fa_fact?currentPage=1

2) The complete text of The Taguba Report http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/iraq/tagubarpt.html

3) Dahlia Lithwick's account of President Bush’s signing statements, including the “McCain Anti-
Torture Bill”  http://www.slate.com/id/2168718/

4) Reporting by Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker:

“Torture” http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/10/040510fa_fact?currentPage=1
“Chain of Command” http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/17/040517fa_fact2
“The Gray Zone” http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/24/040524fa_fact
“The General’s Report” http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/25/070625fa_fact_hersh

And in book form: http://www.amazon.com/Chain-Command-Road-Ghraib-P-
S/dp/0060955376/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5058728-7332700?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182919700&sr=8-1
See press release:

http://www.thepermanentpress.com/newsletter.ihtml
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