Lords of secrecy : the national security elite and America's stealth warfare /
By: Horton, Scott.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York, NY : Nation Books, c2015Description: 260 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781568587455.Subject(s): Official secrets -- United States | Government information -- United States | National security -- United StatesDDC classification: 327
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Summary: "State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase "that's classified" is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding national security. Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems.
Battling for democracy --
Knowledge-based democracy --
Bureaucracy and secrets --
The rise of the national security state --
Drones and the art of stealth warfare --
The war on whistleblowers --
The path to quasi-war : Libya and Syria --
Drowning in secrets.
Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Non Fiction | BardBerlinLibrary | 327 Hor 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Battling for democracy --
Knowledge-based democracy --
Bureaucracy and secrets --
The rise of the national security state --
Drones and the art of stealth warfare --
The war on whistleblowers --
The path to quasi-war : Libya and Syria --
Drowning in secrets.
"State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase "that's classified" is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding national security. Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems.
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