The Resource Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr
Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr
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The item Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Contents
-
- Congress I : investigation and oversight
- Congress II : the Freedom of Information Act
- The courts and secrecy
- Author's note:
- Personal encounters with secrecy
- From the Garden of Eden to America's founding
- More openness to more secrecy : America from the founding to the secrecy era
- Appropriate secrecy and its limits : 9/11, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and where to drop the first atomic bomb
- Building power through secrecy : J. Edgar Hoover and Dick Cheney
- Six secrecy stories : from slavery to science
- Cultures of secrecy
- The seduction of secrecy
- Leaks, investigative journalism, and nonprofit watchdogs
- Isbn
- 9781620970515
- Label
- Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy
- Title
- Democracy in the dark
- Title remainder
- the seduction of government secrecy
- Statement of responsibility
- Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr
- Subject
-
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Intelligence
- Freedom of information -- United States
- Informationspolitik
- Freedom of information
- Official secrets
- Intelligence service -- Law and legislation
- Official secrets -- United States
- Regierung
- Intelligence service -- Law and legislation -- United States
- USA
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | International Security
- United States
- Geheimdienst
- Geheimhaltung
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schwarz, Frederick A. O.
- Dewey number
- 342.73/0662
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4774
- LC item number
- .S39 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Freedom of information
- Official secrets
- Intelligence service
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Freedom of information
- Intelligence service
- Official secrets
- United States
- Regierung
- Informationspolitik
- Geheimdienst
- Geheimhaltung
- USA
- Label
- Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Congress I : investigation and oversight
- Congress II : the Freedom of Information Act
- The courts and secrecy
- Author's note:
- Personal encounters with secrecy
- From the Garden of Eden to America's founding
- More openness to more secrecy : America from the founding to the secrecy era
- Appropriate secrecy and its limits : 9/11, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and where to drop the first atomic bomb
- Building power through secrecy : J. Edgar Hoover and Dick Cheney
- Six secrecy stories : from slavery to science
- Cultures of secrecy
- The seduction of secrecy
- Leaks, investigative journalism, and nonprofit watchdogs
- Control code
- ocn884815152
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620970515
- Lccn
- 2014035650
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781620970515
- (OCoLC)884815152
- Label
- Democracy in the dark : the seduction of government secrecy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Congress I : investigation and oversight
- Congress II : the Freedom of Information Act
- The courts and secrecy
- Author's note:
- Personal encounters with secrecy
- From the Garden of Eden to America's founding
- More openness to more secrecy : America from the founding to the secrecy era
- Appropriate secrecy and its limits : 9/11, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and where to drop the first atomic bomb
- Building power through secrecy : J. Edgar Hoover and Dick Cheney
- Six secrecy stories : from slavery to science
- Cultures of secrecy
- The seduction of secrecy
- Leaks, investigative journalism, and nonprofit watchdogs
- Control code
- ocn884815152
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620970515
- Lccn
- 2014035650
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781620970515
- (OCoLC)884815152
Subject
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of information -- United States
- Geheimdienst
- Geheimhaltung
- Informationspolitik
- Intelligence service -- Law and legislation
- Intelligence service -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Official secrets
- Official secrets -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Intelligence
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | International Security
- Regierung
- USA
- United States
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