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005 20191109073218.7
008 061201s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006039443
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050 00 $aJK468.S4$bG87 2007
082 00 $a323.44/830973$222
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aGup, Ted,$d1950-
245 10 $aNation of secrets :$bthe threat to democracy and the American way of life /$cTed Gup.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c©2007.
300 $a322 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-309) and index.
505 0 $aSilent encroachments -- Case study: Inescapable secrecy -- National insecurity, part I : a secrecy born of fear, not reason -- Case study: A secret hell -- National insecurity, part II : secrecy means not having to say you're sorry -- Case study: Blacked out : a secret the CIA won't release -- Secret history -- Case study: He who must not be named -- Secrecy and the press -- Case study: A crime of secrecy? -- Secrets and the university -- Case study: A case unsealed -- Secret courts -- Case study: The Chambers effect -- Sounding the tocsin.
520 $aInvestigative reporter Gup turns his attention to a broad range of American institutions, exposing how and why they keep secrets from the very people they are supposed to serve. Drawing on original reporting and analysis, Gup argues that a preoccupation with secrets has undermined the very values--security, patriotism, privacy, the national interest--in whose name secrecy is so often invoked. He shows how the expanding thicket of classified information leads to the devaluation of the secrets we most need to keep, and that journalists have become pawns in the government's internal conflicts over access to information. He explores the exploitation of privacy and confidentiality in academia, business, and the courts, and concludes that in case after case, these principles have been twisted to allow the emergence of a shadow system of justice, unaccountable to the public.--From publisher description.
586 $aGoldsmith Book Prize, 2008.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aOfficial secrets$zUnited States.
650 0 $aFreedom of information$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNational security$zUnited States.
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650 7 $aNational security.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01033711
650 7 $aOfficial secrets.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01044261
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 07 $aGeheimhaltung.$2swd
650 07 $aSicherheitspolitik.$2swd
650 07 $aPolitische Kultur.$2swd
650 07 $aInformationsfreiheit.$2swd
651 7 $aUSA.$2swd
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006039443.html
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