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Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state

2011

Format:	Book
Author:	Priest, Dana.
Title:	Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state / Dana Priest and William M. Arkin.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Description:	xxiv, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Summary:	Describes the enormous, top-secret, invisible universe created by the government after 9/11 and describes why the system in place to keep us safe may actually be putting us in greater danger.
Subjects:	Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention. National security -- United States. Internal security -- United States. Secret service -- United States. Intelligence service -- United States. Intelligence service -- Contracting out -- United States. Government contractors -- United States. Security sector -- United States -- Evaluation. Privatization -- United States -- Evaluation. Official secrets -- United States.
Other Author:	Arkin, William M.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-286) and index.
Contents:	Introduction: A perpetual state of yellow -- Top secret America -- All you need to know -- So help me God -- An alternative geography -- Supersize.gov -- One nation, one map -- "Report suspicious activity" -- 007s -- The business card -- Managing the battlefield from a suburban sanctuary -- Dark matter -- Conclusion: Beyond the fear of 9/11.
LCCN:	2011933644
ISBN:	9780316182218 9780316182201 0316182214
Other Number:	707964997
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Control Number:	302209
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Call Number:	363.325 Priest

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