Philip Blumel, the president of U.S. Term Limits calls An Act of Self-Defense a "page-turner". The following are excerpts from his review:

 

...The book shows, rather dramatically, how the Patriot Act and other Congressional excesses can be used not only to track down legitimate threats like the TLR, but also misused to harass innocent Americans by overly aggressive law enforcement...

 

Lewis has done his homework, both on the term limits issue and on the new-fangled powers government has usurped by exploiting people's fear of Muslim terrorists following 9/11.