04577nam 2200745 450 991046346120332120200520144314.01-62656-195-81-62656-196-6(CKB)2670000000545625(EBL)1565982(SSID)ssj0001132895(PQKBManifestationID)11976190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132895(PQKBWorkID)11155038(PQKB)10560754(MiAaPQ)EBC1565982(CaSebORM)9781626561946(PPN)178539066(Au-PeEL)EBL1565982(CaPaEBR)ebr10851028(CaONFJC)MIL582882(OCoLC)874320132(EXLCZ)99267000000054562520140404h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise of the American corporate security state six reasons to be afraid /Beatrice Edwards ; foreword by Jesselyn Radack ; Brad Foltz, cover designFirst Edition.San Francisco, California :Berrett-Koehler Publishers,2014.©20141 online resource (121 p.)Includes index.1-62656-194-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: The National Security State; Chapter 1 The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows about You: REASON TO BE AFRAID #1: Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding surveillanceand data collection by the government-corporate complex.; Chapter 2 Official Secrets: Absolute Control: REASON TO BE AFRAID #2: Control of information by the government-corporate complexis expandingChapter 3 The Constitution Impaired: The Bill of Rights Annulled: REASON TO BE AFRAID #3: The separation of powers established by the Constitution is eroding. Rights guaranteed by constitutional amendments are becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime, and informing the public of the truth is treason.Part II: The Corporate Security ComplexChapter 4 Zombie Bill: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die: REASON TO BE AFRAID #4: The government-corporate surveillance complex is consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal collaboration now seeks to legalize its special status.Chapter 5 Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival: REASON TO BE AFRAID #5: Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and intensive corporate lobbying.Chapter 6 Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied: REASON TO BE AFRAID #6: Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises.Chapter 7 The New Regime; Acknowledgments; Endnotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author; About the Government Accountability ProjectTake Back Our Civil Liberties!Beatrice Edwards, executive director of the organization representing Edward Snowden and four other NSA whistleblowers, argues that we now live in a Corporate Security State, where the government is more interested in protecting the companies that serve it than the citizens who support it. Hheavy domestic surveillance, political persecution of dissenters, the threat of indefinite detention codified into law-how did we get here? And is there a way out?Edwards details how intelligence agencies took advantage of 9/11 to illegitimately extend the government's reach. CIntelligence serviceContracting outUnited StatesCorporationsUnited StatesBusiness and politicsUnited StatesElectronic surveillancePolitical aspectsUnited StatesInternal securityPolitical aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Intelligence serviceContracting outCorporationsBusiness and politicsElectronic surveillancePolitical aspectsInternal securityPolitical aspects355/.033073Edwards Beatrice876203Radack JesselynFoltz BradMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463461203321The rise of the American corporate security state1956707UNINA