Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008
Genre: Military interrogation
ISBN:

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

Restoring the Rule of Law

Restoring the Rule of Law
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (2007- )
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2008
Genre: Constitutional law
ISBN:

Framing the Threat

Framing the Threat
Author: Imke Köhler
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3110622351

There is great power in the use of words: words create most of what we consider to be real and true. Framing our words and narratives is thus a tool of power – but a power that also comes with limitations. This intriguing issue is the topic of Framing the Threat, an investigation of the relationship between language and security and of how discourse creates the scope of possibility for political action. In particular, the book scrutinizes and compares the security narratives of the former US presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. It shows how their framings of identity, i.e., of the American ‘self’ and the enemy ‘other’ facilitated a certain construction of threat that shaped the presidents’ detention and interrogation policies. By defining what was necessary in the name of national security, Bush’s narrative justified the operation of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and rendered the mistreatment of detainees possible – a situation that would have otherwise been illegal. Bush’s framings therefore enabled legal limits to be pushed and made the violation of rules appear legitimate. Obama, in contrast, constructed a threat scenario that required an end to rule violations, and the closure of Guantanamo for security reasons. According to this narrative, a return to the rule of law was imperative if the American people were to be kept safe. However, Obama’s framing was continually challenged, and it was never able to dominate public discourse. Consequently, Framing the Threat argues Obama was unable to implement the policy changes he had announced.

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2008
Genre: Military interrogation
ISBN: