David Cole

David Cole is the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and The Nation, and the author of award-winning books including No Equal Justice and Enemy Aliens (The New Press) and Engines of Liberty. He lives in Washington, DC.

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Books by David Cole

Enemy Aliens
Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism

David Cole

Less Safe, Less Free
Why America Is Losing the War on Terror

David Cole, Jules Lobel

No Equal Justice
Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System

David Cole

Rules for Resistance
Advice from Around the Globe for the Age of Trump

David Cole, Melanie Wachtell Stinnett

Terrorism and the Constitution
Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security

David Cole, James X. Dempsey

The Torture Memos
Rationalizing the Unthinkable

David Cole