HE comes from a time when bending the rules was the prerogative of the rich and the powerful. Often—by way of an apology or even a justification—they were tolerated as necessities during a “time of emergency.” Indeed, this was a time when “maintaining order” was used and abused to explain various offenses.

One of these “times of emergency” was the period between 1966 and 1970, when the military reached the peak of its power. The