books.google.co.uk - Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/State_of_Exception.html?id=9slkvuV3VS4C&q=situation&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareState of Exception