The Canary in the Coalmine  Blowing the Whistle in the Case of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh  A Memoir by Jesselyn Radack

Praise for The Canary in the Coalmine

This is a riveting -- and chilling -- account of how far the Bush Administration's Justice Department will go to destroy a critic.

ANTHONY LEWIS
New York Times

This book offers a poignant illustration of the erosion of civil rights and liberties in the "war on terrorism." It brings into sharp focus the critical question of whether we can respond effectively to the new threat of terrorism without jeopardizing the very freedoms and fundamental principles that characterize a democratic society.

NADINE STROSSEN
President, American Civil Liberties Union

We can be grateful that a book that chronicles our country's descent into torture can be, at the same time, so inspiring.  Radack's account earns my appreciation and admiration, not only for what she went through, but for her handling it with such humanity and for what she teaches us from it.

DANIEL ELLSBERG
Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

I will mention one truth teller and not many people know about her...Jesselyn Radack. Jesselyn was the person on duty when John Walker Lindh was taken in. With all this talk about torture you should know that the first person tortured was an American citizen and he was tortured mercilessly for the first few days of his internment and denied medical care. She raised holy hell. She was tossed out of the Justice Department and blacklisted. That's the kind of guts Jesselyn had. Jesselyn had tremendous guts and now she's written a really terrific book.

RAY McGOVERN
Former CIA Analyst

Praise from outside the United States:

Read chapter 1 of Jesselyn Radack's memoir, and consider its impact. PLEASE buy her book. Our world needs Jesselyn Radack to "keep the bastards honest." Sadly though, the wealth of the upper echelons of so-called democracies wield their brutal strength over the rest of us who have stopped making demands. We no longer believe that we have a say. And now, when we are lied to with the most monstrous lies we've ever heard, we barely blink.

Jesselyn came from inside the administration of the Bush regime. She has suffered more than 5 years of physical and psychological assault, for daring to expose the illegal interrogation and torture of so-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh.

Whilst reading her memoir, David Hicks was in my mind continually. And yesterday I received a response from Jesselyn, following my comments and review of the memoir on an American political blog. She referred to David's plight also. Please take a look at the site. Please buy the book. She needs to buy food for her family. No kidding. It's been a very expensive 5 years! The BushMachine has prevented her from working. It's a short read. It's a terrifying read. The implications are enormous. And it's an eye-opener that will leave you feeling an urgency about what you can do for others in Lindh's and Hicks' and the Tipton 3's situation. Not to mention Jesselyn's. All of them are sacrificial lambs for the cause. What cause? Wealth and Power for the Dictators.

WENDY L. (Australia)