In Pursuit of the Imperial President

NPR : Charlie Savage, In Pursuit of the Imperial President
Charlie Savage, In Pursuit of the Imperial President

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In his daily riffs on the headlines, NPR news blogger Tom Regan often highlights Charlie Savage's reporting. Two examples:

* How Much Power Did Bush Give Himself in Emergencies?
* Troops Told Not to Follow New CIA Interrogation Rules




Fresh Air from WHYY, September 5, 2007 ? Boston Globe reporter Charlie Savage won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for a series detailing how often President Bush used "signing statements" ? controversial assertions of a chief executive's right to bypass provisions of new laws.

Now Savage has written a book describing how the Bush-Cheney administration has expanded executive power. It's called Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy.