Chuck Michaels, author of No Greater Threat, discusses his book about the War on Terrorism.
Chuck Michaels, author of No Greater Threat, discusses his book about the War on Terrorism. He recounts how he came to writing No Greater Threat and his 12 characteristics of the National Security State.
About the Book (from NoGreaterThreat.com)
Three years from the October, 2002 release of the original edition of "No Greater Threat," an extensive (revised) Second Edition is now available. This new edition of No Greater Threat presents, in a single volume, an extraordinarily comprehensive overview of the "war on terrorism."
The Second Edition includes all text from the original edition, including a unique and complete analysis of the entire USA PATRIOT Act, and contains examinations of various anti-terrorism developments since the PATRIOT Act to the close of 2004, unique to a single volume. The Second Edition also features a further analysis of events related to the PATRIOT Act since its enactment, and a complete review and analysis of THREE other major legislative anti-terrorism events since 2001: the Homeland Security Act (2002), the (proposed) Domestic Security Enhancement Act (2003) (often called "PATRIOT Act II"), and the Intelligence Reform Act (2004).
About the Author
C. William Michaels, 53, is an attorney (since 1978), activist, and writer living in Baltimore. He conducts a solo appellate practice, which also includes appellate brief writing for other attorneys, for cases in Maryland or Federal appeals courts.
Mr. Michaels has been involved in social justice concerns for more than 25 years. He has held regional and national positions (full time, 1982-1986, and part-time, 1987) devoted to these issues. From 1982 to 1986, he was full-time Coordinator of the Justice & Peace Office for the Baltimore Archdiocese, which included public presentations, designing and implementing educational programs on social issues, organizing events at local and regional levels, writing or presenting testimony, and liaison work with several local and national groups and committees.
Mr. Michaels' background in writing and media includes newspapers, radio, and television. From June, 1989 to October, 1991, he developed, produced, co-hosted, wrote, organized, and syndicated a weekly half-hour radio program, New Earth Radio, devoted to national and global peace-justice-environment issues. It aired in Baltimore on (former) WCVT. New Earth Radio included music, news, features, interviews, and special segments.
After the radio program, Mr. Michaels then developed, wrote, and produced a weekly cable television program, called WorldViews, produced at the Baltimore Cable Access studios, from 1994 to 1996. WorldViews had a similar format: news, features, interviews, movie reviews, commentary, and panel segments. It aired in other community cable stations including New York and Boston. In 1995 and 1996, WorldViews received Baltimore Cable Access Corporation's "Cameo" awards for excellence in programs produced at BCAC.
Mr. Michaels has clerked for a trial court judge and was the Editor and General Manager of a local newspaper. He also was a freelance writer and editor, including weekly columns for a metro paper and for a legal newspaper. His writing experience includes a position as Legal Editor at the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a position he took following his Coordinator position with the Baltimore Archdiocese. He left BNA in 1987 to start his legal research and solo appellate practice.
He co-founded (1985) and remains coordinator of a local chapter of a national peace/justice organization (Pax Christi). That chapter has conducted activities in the Baltimore area for 17 years. He is also a member of the Catholic Labor Committee. In May of 1993, Mr. Michaels was an organizer and coordinator of a weekend series of events at Goucher College to observe the 25th anniversary of the Catonsville 9, the seminal Vietnam war protest. He is on several boards and committees of local peace and justice organizations.
Educational Background: Brandeis University (magna cum laude, with additional honors in Politics) (1975). University of Maryland School of Law (1978). Held editorial positions at both the Law Review and Law Forum, receiving course credit for both.
