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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809202903321

Autore

Boghosian Heidi

Titolo

Spying on democracy : government surveillance, corporate power, and public resistance / / Heidi Boghosian ; foreword by Lewis Lapham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : City Lights Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-87286-603-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Open Media Series

Classificazione

POL012000POL004000LAW013000POL036000

Disciplina

323.4/9

Soggetti

Liberty

Civil rights - United States

Privacy, Right of - United States

Intelligence service - United States

Electronic surveillance - United States

National security - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Lewis Lapham; Introduction; Chapter One: Trafficking Imagination in the Streets; Chapter Two: A Whopper, a Coke, and an Order of Spies; Chapter Three: Enemies at Home; Chapter Four: Always Deceptive, Often Illegal; Chapter Five: Spying on Children; Chapter Six: Green Squads; Chapter Seven: Listening in on Lawyers; Chapter Eight: Spying on the Press; Chapter Nine: The Constitutional Cost of Contracting; Chapter Ten: Computers Can't Commit Crimes; Chapter Eleven: Celestial Eyes

Chapter Twelve: Location, Location, LocationChapter Thirteen: Troublemakers Bring Us to Our Senses; Conclusion: Custodians of Democracy; Endnotes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Spying on US citizens is rising as corporations make big bucks selling info about our private lives to the government.</div>