The dangers of dissent : the FBI and civil liberties since 1965 / Ivan Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Ivan, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation--United States--History.

Criminal investigation.

Undercover operations--United States--History.

Undercover operations.

Internal security--United States--History.

Internal security.

Intelligence service--United States--History.

Intelligence service.

Civil rights--United States--History.

Civil rights.

Abuse of administrative power--United States--History.

Abuse of administrative power.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces the evolution of FBI spying from 1965 to the present, through the eyes of those under investigation, and through numerous FBI documents, never used before in scholarly writing, that were recently declassified using the Freedom of Information Act or released during litigation (Greenberg v. FBI).

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. State Crimes; Chapter 02. The Evolution of 1970's Spying; Chapter 03. Did the FBI Really Change?; Chapter 04. The Need for Enemies after the Cold War; Chapter 05. The Terror Scare; Chapter 06. Information Flow and Political Policing; Chapter 07. Suing the FBI for Spying; Chapter 08. The FBI in the Surveillance Society; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31621-3

1-282-93664-6

9786612936647

0-7391-4939-3

OCLC:

699507864