Lays out the evidence that high-level officials in the Bush administration ordered, authorised, implemented and permitted war crimes, in particular the crimes of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Using primary source documents ranging from Rumsfeld's techniques chart' and Iraqi plaintiffs' statements to the testimony of whistleblowers and key pieces of reportage the author sets forth evidence of a torture program that took place in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, secret CIA prisons and other places unknown.'