The Rise of the American Corporate Security State, Six Reasons to Be Afraid
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Label
The Rise of the American Corporate Security State, Six Reasons to Be Afraid
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Rise of the American Corporate Security State
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1874320132
Sub title
Six Reasons to Be Afraid
Summary
Take 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. C
Table Of Contents
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 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 Project