Aftershock: The War on Terror

• Episode 3: Dr Yes

  The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq created a dilemma for the Bush administration: what to do with the thousands of detainees captured during the War on Terror. John Yoo, a White House lawyer, came up with a new legal argument that allowed detainees to be held indefinitely without trial. Habeas corpus was suspended, the constitution upended and Guantánamo Bay became a judicial black hole.   More from the LRB The Belgrano Diary: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod⁠⁠ Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subswotpod⁠⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crwotpod⁠⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod⁠⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storewotpod⁠⁠ Get in touch: [email protected]   Archive ‘Video of Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest’/ACLU ‘Bush defends administration detention, interrogation policies’/Associated Press ‘Abu Ghraib hearing’/C-SPAN ‘Rumsfeld on detainees treatment, Amnesty criticism in UK.’/Associated Press ‘Trump: “we will load up Guantanamo Bay”’/ Associated Press ‘More detainees arrive from Afghanistan at US naval base’/Associated Press ‘A DAY IN GUANTANAMO BAY’/Naval Station Guantanamo Bay ‘Judge at Guantanamo throws out second case against prisoner’/Associated Press ‘9/11 TEN YEARS AFTER: TORIE CLARKE WITH JOHN WOO’/WMAL Newstalk ‘Conversations with History’/UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies ‘Navy Lawyer Discusses Hamdan, Guantanamo’/Talk of the Nation/NPR ‘Hardball’/MSNBC Live/MSNBC

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• Episode 2: The Frog and the Scorpion

  After the Twin Towers fell, Donald Rumsfeld reportedly told President Bush: ‘Now we can do Iraq.’ The neo-conservatives said it would be easy: American troops would be greeted with flowers and sweets. But the occupation quickly unravelled, leaving Iraq in chaos. Welcome to the Forever Wars. More from the LRB The Belgrano Diary: ⁠https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod⁠ Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subswotpod⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crwotpod⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storewotpod⁠ Get in touch: [email protected] Archive in this episode: ‘American Policy in the Middle East: Options and Limitations’/Garfield Institute ‘Wolfowitz questioned on Iraq developments’/Associated Press ‘The Republican Presidential Debate’/CBS News ‘Pentagon Briefing’/C-Span ‘Inside the Pentagon's "Office of Special Plans"’/National Press Club ‘Wolfowitz: Iraqis Will "Greet Us As Liberators"’/C-Span ‘Presser by US administrator’/Associated Press ‘News conference by top US official in Iraq’/Associated Press ‘US Deputy Defence Secy on whirlwind tour’/Associated Press ‘Bremer announces Saddam capture, Sanchez, Pachachi’/Associated Press ‘WRAP Sovereignty handed over, ceremony, Bremer leaves’/Associated Press ‘Solemn Duty – Campaign Ad’/The Republican Party/Maverick Media ‘Excerpt of al-Sadr's presser’/Associated Press ‘Fox News’/Fox Parliamentary Recording Unit

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• Episode 1: With Us or Against Us

  In the days after 9/11, George W. Bush declared a state of emergency and initiated what would become an unprecedented expansion of US power. Public debate narrowed: there were new limits on what was acceptable, and not acceptable, to say. The London Review of Books published a number of pieces that challenged this consensus, forcing its editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, to defend the paper on national radio. More from the LRB The Belgrano Diary: https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subswotpod Close Readings podcast: ⁠https://lrb.me/crwotpod LRB Audiobooks: ⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠https://lrb.me/storewotpod Get in touch: [email protected] Archive in this episode: Rutgers Law Review‘CNN Live’/CNN‘Good Morning America’/ABC‘Good Day New York’/FOX5 New York/FOX‘SmackDown’/USA Network/WWE‘Meet the Press’/NBC/NBC News Productions‘Broadcasting House’/BBC Radio 4/BBC

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• Aftershock: The War on Terror – Trailer

  After 9/11, George W. Bush launched a global War on Terror. What followed was an unprecedented expansion of American power, from Guantánamo Bay to drone strikes, mass surveillance to the weaponisation of the financial system. Asked when it would end, Vice-President Dick Cheney replied: ‘Not in our lifetime.’ Two decades later, we’re still living in its shadow. Aftershock: The War on Terror is a new six-part podcast from the London Review of Books. Daniel Soar, a senior editor at the paper, revisits the magazine’s coverage and reflects on the ways 9/11 has changed the world we live in. First episode released on 20 November.

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