Abuse of power : how Cold War surveillance and secrecy policy shaped the response to 9/11

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Abuse of power : how Cold War surveillance and secrecy policy shaped the response to 9/11

Athan G. Theoharis

Temple University Press, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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An argument that domestic surveillance erodes civil liberties and fails to protect the country

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A New Intelligence Paradigm: Surveillance and Preventive Detention 2. A History of FBI Wiretapping Authority 3. The Politics of Wiretapping 4. A Commitment to Secrecy 5. The Limits of Counterintelligence 6. The Politics of Counterintelligence 7. Ignoring the Lessons of the Cold War Notes Index

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