LEADER 03233nam 2200601 450 001 9910787436003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62097-052-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000354253 035 $a(EBL)1835945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421000 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12611375 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421000 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11408725 035 $a(PQKB)10289808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1835945 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1835945 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11025141 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL733398 035 $a(OCoLC)903693044 035 $a(PPN)23409379X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000354253 100 $a20150311h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy in the dark $ethe seduction of government secrecy /$fFrederick A. O. Schwarz Jr 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aLondon, England :$cThe New Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-336-02112-8 311 $a1-62097-051-1 327 $aIntroduction; 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 330 $a"From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to NSA's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important new book, Fritz Schwarz, who was chief counsel to the U.S. Church Committee on Intelligence-which uncovered CIA plots to assassinate world leaders, including Fidel Castro's exploding cigar-uses examples ranging from the dropping of the first Atomic bomb, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to Iran Contra and 9/11 to illuminate this central question: How much secrecy does good governance require? Schwarz argues that while some control of information is necessary, governments tend to fall prey to a culture of secrecy that is ultimately not just hazardous to democracy but antithetical to it. This historical survey provides the essential context to understand recent cases from Chelsea Manning to Edward Snowden. Democracy in the Dark is a natural companion to Schwarz's Unchecked and Unbalanced, co-written with Aziz Huq, which plumbed the power of the executive branch-a power that often depends on and derives from the use of secrecy. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFreedom of information$zUnited States 606 $aOfficial secrets$zUnited States 606 $aIntelligence service$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aFreedom of information 615 0$aOfficial secrets 615 0$aIntelligence service$xLaw and legislation 676 $a342.73/0662 686 $aPOL040010$aPOL036000$aPOL012000$2bisacsh 700 $aSchwarz$b Frederick A. O$g(Frederick August Otto),$f1935-$01510942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787436003321 996 $aDemocracy in the dark$93743925 997 $aUNINA