Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (69 page)

Polanyi, Karl,
83

Polk, Milbry,
48

Polk, William R.,
46

Pompey,
58
–59,
64
,
66

populares,
62
–63,
66

pork-barrel legislation,
263
,
265
–66

Porter, Bernard,
72
–73

Portugal,
19

Postol, Theodore C.,
224

poverty,
7
,
81
–82,
84
–85

Powell, Colin,
24
,
73
,
190
,
199

Powers, Francis Gary,
226

Powers, Thomas,
91
,
102
–3,
135
–36,
256

Praetorian Guard,
69
,
95

Prats, Carlos,
108
–9

Predator unmanned aerial vehicle,
21
,
233

preemptive or preventive war,
8
,
58
–59,
91
,
138
,
142
,
148
–49,
158
,
203
,
251

Premier Executive Transport Services,
126
,
127
,
128
,
130

Presentment Clause,
258

Presidential Emergency Operations Center,
34

presidential power (imperial presidency),
14
–18,
20
–21,
39
–40,
244
–68

      CIA and,
90
–97,
102
–10,
120
,
135
–136

      commander in chief status and,
62
,
120
,
244
–46,
251
–54

      Congress and,
245
–51,
259
–68

      FISA and,
254
–56

      habeas corpus and,
266
-67

      legislative and judicial power vs.,
268
–69

      republic strained by,
60
,
88
–89,
279

      torture memos and,
39
–40,
251
–54

      veto and,
16
,
59

      war on terror and,
244
–45

Presidential Records Act (1978),
247
–48

President Kennedy
(Reeves),
248

President Nixon
(Reeves),
248

President’s Advisory Committee on Cultural Property,
50

Priebe, Miranda,
225

Priest, Dana,
124
,
126

Primack, Joel,
217

Prince Sultan Air Base (Saudi Arabia),
159

prisoners of war,
5
,
8
–9,
19
,
24
,
36
–45,
246

prisons, secret,
8
,
24
,
33
–45,
123
–24,
155
,
159
–60

private contractors,
7
,
31
,
165
,
171
–72

proconsul,
61
–62

Public Works Administration,
272

Puerto Rico,
20

Qatar,
6
,
124
,
140
,
148
,
150
,
158
–59

Quantico Marine Corps base,
189

racism,
7
,
78
–80,
85

radar systems,
165
,
223

Ramadi, Iraq,
162

Ramstein Air Base (Germany),
133
,
145
–46,
155
–56

RAND corporation,
236

Ransom, Harry Howe,
94

Rasul v.Bush
(2004),
266

Rather, Dan,
41
–42

Raychaudhuri, Tapan,
80
,
87
–88

Raytheon,
212

Reagan, Ronald,
19
,
75
,
103
–4,
109
,
111
–13,
121
–22,
164
–65,
192
,
201
,
208
–11,
223
,
228
,
230
,
248
–49,
256
,
275

Red Cross,
31

Red Scare,
244

Reebok,
263

Reeves, Richard,
248

remote sensing,
237

Reno, Janet,
247

Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation
(1991),
108

republican form of government,
9
–11,
18
,
59
–60,
89
,
279
.
See also
democracy

Republican Party,
199
,
210
,
212
,
249
–50,
258
,
260
–62,
266
–67

Responsiblity and Judgment
(Arendt),
21

Reuters,
168

Rhein-Main Air Base (Germany),
156

Rhode Island National Guard,
42

Rhodes, Cecil,
82

Rhyne, Jim,
128

Rice, Condoleezza,
23
,
92
,
98
,
155
,
204

Ride, Sally,
217

Ridgeway, James,
244

Riggs Bank,
110

Ritter, Scott,
92
,
228

Roberts, John,
248
,
267

Roberts, Paul Craig,
255

Robertson, James,
255

Robertson, Pat,
4

Robson, Eleanor,
47

rogue nations,
212
–13,
228
,
241

Romania,
123
–24,
143
,
149
,
155

Romano, Joseph,
133

Rome, ancient,
16
–17,
55
–71,
47
,
78
,
88
–89,
138
–39,
150
,
244
,
269

      Senate,
14
,
61
–63,
65
–69,
266

      U.S. as new,
37
–38

      U.S. Constitution and,
59
–61,
63
–64,
66

Romulus,
60

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (Marshall Islands),
222

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
244

Rose, David,
43

Rosen, Ruth,
247

Rostow, Walt,
97

Rota naval station (Spain),
156

Rothschild Bank,
82

Rove, Karl,
92

Roy, Arundhati,
1
,
80

Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402,
122

Rozen, Laura,
261

Rubicon
(Holland),
54
,
57

rule of law,
8
–9,
77
,
81
,
102
,
112
–13,
251
–53

Rumsfeld, Donald,
17
,
21
,
23
,
32
–35,
40
–41,
47
,
143
–44,
146
,
149
–51,
154
,
158
,
168
,
174
,
178
,
182
–83,
193
,
195
,
198
,
204
–6,
209
,
212
–15,
227
,
230
,
241
,
246
,
249

Russia,
6
,
73
,
215
,
220
–21,
228
,
235
–37,
263
.
See also
Soviet Union

Russian Strategic Missile Force,
228

Ruzicka, Maria,
30

Ryan, Leo J.,
103

Ryukyu Petroleum,
181

Sachs, Jeffrey,
33

Safire, William,
256

Said, Edward,
75

Saipan,
263

Sakharov, Andrei,
223
–24

Salman bin Abdul Aziz,
118

Samson, Victoria,
222

Sanchez, Ricardo,
34
,
40
–41,
43
–44

Sandinistas,
165
,
248

San Francisco Chronicle,
13
,
247

Sappenfield, Mark,
148

Sardinia,
154

Sasebo, Japan,
178

Satellite Industry Association,
237
,
238

satellites,
216
–20,
232
–41

Sao Tome and Principe military base,
148

Saudi Arabia,
3
,
6
,
9
,
36
,
48
,
111
,
115
–19,
141
,
143
,
158
–59,
163
,
236

Saudi General Intelligence Department (Istakhbarat),
118

Scaife, Richard Mellon,
212

Scheuer, Michael,
99
,
101
,
122

Schlesinger, fames,
92
,
94

Schneider, Rene,
107
–9

Schneier, Brucé,
252

School of Advanced Air and Space Studies,
216

School of the Americas,
163

Schriever Air Force Base (Colorado),
234
,
239

Schroder, Gerhard,
153

Schroen, Gary C.,
100

Schuster, Angela M. H.,
48

Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
162

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman,
227

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),
212

Sciscioli, Alejandro,
168

Scott, Paul,
80

Scowcroft, Brent,
26

Scud missiles,
227

Seabees,
162

Second Infantry Division,
142

Second Space Operations Squadron,
234

secrecy,
1
–2,
6
,
19
–20,
71
,
89
,
94
–95,
120
,
140
–41,
249
,
258
,
278

      Bush II and,
245
–51

      corruption covered by,
229
–30

      defense spending and,
264

      FISA court and,
254
–55

      FOIA and,
245
–48

      plausible deniability and,
102
–3

Sembawang port (Singapore),
146

Sensitized Compartmentalized Information Facility,
147
,
166

separation of powers (balance of powers, checks and balances),
14
–17,
23
,
39
,
55
,
59
–61,
63
,
88
–89,
91
,
244
,
252
–54,
259
,
266
–68

September
11
, 2001 (9/11) attacks,
2
–5,
13
,
25
,
29
,
34
,
75
–76,
89
,
95
–96,
98
–100,
110
,
130
–35,
143
,
231
–32,
235
–36,
249
,
255
,
265

Serbia,
120
,
140

Serchuk, Vance,
148

Serrano, Richard A.,
35

Seventh Fleet,
178

Sextus, king of Etruria,
60

sexual assaults, military and,
6
,
146
,
179
–90,
192
,
194
,
206
–7

Shakespeare, William,
56
,
67

Shannon Peace Campers,
127

Shia Muslims,
87

Shreffler, John,
10
–11

“signing statements,”
248
,
257
–59,
266

Silverstein, Ken,
263
–64

Singapore,
85

Singh, Anupama Rao,
28

Sismi (Italian intelligence service),
132

60 Minutes
(TV program),
25
,
123

slavery,
75
,
81

Sleeping with the Devil
(Baer),
124
–25

smart bombs,
232
,
241

Smith, Lamar,
186

Smuts, Jan Christian,
87

Social Security,
272

SOFAs.
See
Status of Forces Agreements

Soldiers’ Satellite Network,
239

Solovtsov, Nikolai,
228

Somoza, Anastasio,
19

Sorrows of Empire, The
,
5
,
6
,
10
–11,
278

Soto Cano Air Base (Honduras),
146
–47,
164
–65

South Africa,
79
,
87
,
157

Southern Command (Southcom),
44
,
61
,
147
,
163
–65,
167

South Korea,
3
,
19
,
104
,
142
–43,
145
,
150
,
156
,
172
–73,
176
–77,
201
,
221
,
236

South Pacific Mail
(Chilean newspaper),
106

South Vietnam,
19
,
250

Soviet Union (USSR),
14
,
97
–98,
105
–6,
110
–12,
115
–17,
135
,
148
,
172
,
216
,
223
–24,
274
–75