Inside Out

Bibliography

In addition to the sources listed in the preceding section, this story draws on a number of excellent books, all of which I would recommend to anyone interested in exploring the political reality behind my fiction.

THE U.S. TORTURE PROGRAM

Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond by Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh.

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour Hersh.

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer.

Getting Away with Torture: Secret Government, War Crimes, and the Rule of Law by Christopher H. Pyle.

Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Rendition and Torture Program by Stephen Grey.

How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq by Matthew Alexander.

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo.

A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W. McCoy.

Torture and Democracy by Darius Rejali.

The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable by David Cole.

The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib by Karen J. Greenberg.

Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values by Philippe Sands.

Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror by Mark Danner

Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture by Jennifer K. Harbury.

Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters by Richard A. Clarke.

GUANTÁNAMO

Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power by Joseph Margulies.

The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison by Andy Worthington.

The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law by Mark P. Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz.

Guantánamo: What the World Should Know by Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray.

CIVIL LIBERTIES

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman.

Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice by Eric Lichtblau.

Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America’s War on Terror by David Cole.

Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life by Ted Gup.

The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping of America by James Bramford.

Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times by Amy Goodman and David Goodman.

Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency by Charlie Savage.

The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration by Jack Goldsmith.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer.

GOVERNMENT/MEDIA COMPLICITY

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman.

Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics by Glenn Greenwald.

The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion by Matt Taibbi.

Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government-And How We Take It Back by David Sirota.

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman.

A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency by Glenn Greenwald.

FILMS ON RELATED SUBJECTS

No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson. http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/

Secrecy by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. http://www.secrecyfilm.com

Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris. http://www.sonyclassics.com/standardoperatingprocedure/

Taxi to the Dark Side by Alex Gibney. http://www.taxitothedarkside.com/taxi/

Torturing Democracy. http://www.torturingdemocracy.org/