03203oam 2200649I 450 991046376580332120200520144314.01-317-00978-91-317-00979-71-315-55082-21-4094-2256-910.4324/9781315550824 (CKB)2670000000402498(EBL)1336219(OCoLC)855504813(SSID)ssj0000955268(PQKBManifestationID)11589960(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000955268(PQKBWorkID)10956354(PQKB)10128844(MiAaPQ)EBC1336219(MiAaPQ)EBC4425605(Au-PeEL)EBL4425605(CaPaEBR)ebr11489358(OCoLC)1018163864(OCoLC)958108451(EXLCZ)99267000000040249820180706e20162013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTorture, intelligence and sousveillance in the war on terror agenda-building struggles /Vian BakirAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (328 p.)Classical and Contemporary Social TheoryFirst published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.1-4094-2255-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Studying torture, intelligence and media manipulation in the war on terror -- Strategic political communication, intelligence and its discontents: Manipulating and challenging intelligence -- The rise of the torture-intelligence nexus -- The sousveillance failure of John Walker Lindh -- The surprise of sousveillance at Abu Ghraib and the struggle to contain it -- The persistence of sousveillance: Baha Mousa and torture in the British -- The absence of sousveillance: Binyam Mohamed and British intelligence agencies: complicity in torture -- Conclusion.Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror examines the communication battles of the Bush and Blair political administrations (and those of their successors in America and Britain) over their use of torture, first-hand or second-hand, to gain intelligence for the War on Terror. Exploring key agenda-building drivers that exposed the torture-intelligence nexus and presenting detailed case studies of key media events from the UK and USA, this insightful volume exposes dominant political discourses on the torture-for-intelligence policy. Whether in the form of unauthorized leaks,Classical and contemporary social theory.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009Moral and ethical aspectsTortureGovernment policyGreat BritainElectronic books.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009Moral and ethical aspects.TortureGovernment policy363.325/165Bakir Vian1971-,479467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463765803321Torture, intelligence and sousveillance in the War on Terror259691UNINA