03233nam 2200601 450 991082129930332120200520144314.01-62097-052-X(CKB)3710000000354253(EBL)1835945(SSID)ssj0001421000(PQKBManifestationID)12611375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421000(PQKBWorkID)11408725(PQKB)10289808(MiAaPQ)EBC1835945(Au-PeEL)EBL1835945(CaPaEBR)ebr11025141(CaONFJC)MIL733398(OCoLC)903693044(PPN)23409379X(EXLCZ)99371000000035425320150311h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocracy in the dark the seduction of government secrecy /Frederick A. O. Schwarz JrNew York, New York ;London, England :The New Press,2015.©20151 online resource (369 p.)Includes index.1-336-02112-8 1-62097-051-1 Introduction; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Part Two; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Part Three; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Part Four; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author"From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to NSA's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important new book, Fritz Schwarz, who was chief counsel to the U.S. Church Committee on Intelligence-which uncovered CIA plots to assassinate world leaders, including Fidel Castro's exploding cigar-uses examples ranging from the dropping of the first Atomic bomb, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to Iran Contra and 9/11 to illuminate this central question: How much secrecy does good governance require? Schwarz argues that while some control of information is necessary, governments tend to fall prey to a culture of secrecy that is ultimately not just hazardous to democracy but antithetical to it. This historical survey provides the essential context to understand recent cases from Chelsea Manning to Edward Snowden. Democracy in the Dark is a natural companion to Schwarz's Unchecked and Unbalanced, co-written with Aziz Huq, which plumbed the power of the executive branch-a power that often depends on and derives from the use of secrecy. "--Provided by publisher.Freedom of informationUnited StatesOfficial secretsUnited StatesIntelligence serviceLaw and legislationUnited StatesFreedom of informationOfficial secretsIntelligence serviceLaw and legislation342.73/0662POL040010POL036000POL012000bisacshSchwarz Frederick A. O(Frederick August Otto),1935-1699132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821299303321Democracy in the dark4081135UNINA