Spooked : the truth about intelligence in Australia / Daniel Baldino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldino, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian Security Intelligence Organization.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Intelligence service--Australia.

Intelligence service.

Secret service--Australia.

Secret service.

National security--Australia.

National security.

Spies.

Espionage.

Australia.

Espionage--Australia.

Spies--Australia.

Physical Description:

xii, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed our attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security. In Spooked, a prominent group of writers, including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy, lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia. Their compelling voices cut through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the money we spend on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are our spies up to the job, and how do we know anyway as we only hear about their failures? Is WikiLeaks good for human rights? Are we trading our privacy for a false sense of security? Spooked untangles the half-truths, conspiracy theories and controversies about the 'war on terror', and is a welcome antidote to misinformation and alarm. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 'Islamo-fascism' - the shape of future conflict? / Christopher Michaelsen Michaelsen, Christopher 17

2 Because they hate us / Anne Aly Aly, Anne 44

3 Fear and loathing: The threat of asylum seekers and terrorism / Cindy Davids Davids, Cindy, Dilan Thampapillai Thampapillai, Dilan 69

4 Cyber-terrorism: The phantom menace / Daniel Baldino Baldino, Daniel 103

5 The mainstreaming of executive-directed killings, or: How the world learned to stop worrying and love the drone / Michael Mori Mori, Michael 134

6 Bigger budgets = better intelligence? / Peter Leahy Leahy, Peter 163

7 Telling the truth about torture / Jude McCulloch McCulloch, Jude, David Vakalis Vakalis, David 189

8 WikiLeaks: Information Messiah or global terrorist? / Ben Saul Saul, Ben 207

9 Security without secrecy, Counter-terrorism, ASIO and access to information / Mark Rix Rix, Mark 240

10 Power without responsibility? / Jessie Blackbourn Blackbourn, Jessie 264

11 Politicising intelligence: Intelligence failures and politics / Robert Imre Imre, Robert 288.

ISBN:

9781742233888

1742233880

OCLC:

851413129