Frederick A O Schwarz Jr : 2 books
Democracy in the Dark
The Seduction of Government Secrecy
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
“A timely and provocative book exploring the origins of the national security state and the urgent challenge of reining it in” (The Washington Post**).**
From Dick Cheney’s man-sized safe to the National Security Agency’s massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has too often captured...
Unchecked And Unbalanced
Presidential Power in a Time of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Thirty years after the Church Committee unearthed COINTELPRO and other instances of illicit executive behavior on the domestic and international fronts, the Bush administration has elevated the flaws identified by the committee into first principles of government.
Through a constellation of...