The rise of the American corporate security state : six reasons to be afraid / Beatrice Edwards ; foreword by Jesselyn Radack ; Brad Foltz, cover design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Beatrice, author.

Radack, Jesselyn, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Foltz, Brad, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Contracting out--United States.

Intelligence service.

Corporations--United States.

Corporations.

Business and politics--United States.

Business and politics.

Electronic surveillance--Political aspects--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Internal security--Political aspects--United States.

Internal security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Take Back Our Civil Liberties!Beatrice Edwards, executive director of the organization representing Edward Snowden and four other NSA whistleblowers, argues that we now live in a Corporate Security State, where the government is more interested in protecting the companies that serve it than the citizens who support it. Hheavy domestic surveillance, political persecution of dissenters, the threat of indefinite detention codified into law-how did we get here? And is there a way out?Edwards details how intelligence agencies took advantage of 9/11 to illegitimately extend the government's reach. C

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: The National Security State; Chapter 1 The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows about You: REASON TO BE AFRAID #1: Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding surveillanceand data collection by the government-corporate complex.; Chapter 2 Official Secrets: Absolute Control: REASON TO BE AFRAID #2: Control of information by the government-corporate complexis expanding

Chapter 3 The Constitution Impaired: The Bill of Rights Annulled: REASON TO BE AFRAID #3: The separation of powers established by the Constitution is eroding. Rights guaranteed by constitutional amendments are becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime, and informing the public of the truth is treason.Part II: The Corporate Security Complex

Chapter 4 Zombie Bill: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die: REASON TO BE AFRAID #4: The government-corporate surveillance complex is consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal collaboration now seeks to legalize its special status.Chapter 5 Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival: REASON TO BE AFRAID #5: Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and intensive corporate lobbying.

Chapter 6 Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied: REASON TO BE AFRAID #6: Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises.Chapter 7 The New Regime; Acknowledgments; Endnotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author; About the Government Accountability Project

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781626561953

1626561958

9781626561960

1626561966

OCLC:

874320132