Spying on democracy : government surveillance, corporate power, and public resistance / Heidi Boghosian ; foreword by Lewis Lapham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boghosian, Heidi, author.

Lapham, Lewis H., author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Open Media book.

Open Media Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

Electronic surveillance--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

National security--United States.

National security.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Place of Publication:

2013.

San Francisco, California : City Lights Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Spying on US citizens is rising as corporations make big bucks selling info about our private lives to the government.</div>

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Lewis Lapham; Introduction; Chapter One: Trafficking Imagination in the Streets; Chapter Two: A Whopper, a Coke, and an Order of Spies; Chapter Three: Enemies at Home; Chapter Four: Always Deceptive, Often Illegal; Chapter Five: Spying on Children; Chapter Six: Green Squads; Chapter Seven: Listening in on Lawyers; Chapter Eight: Spying on the Press; Chapter Nine: The Constitutional Cost of Contracting; Chapter Ten: Computers Can't Commit Crimes; Chapter Eleven: Celestial Eyes

Chapter Twelve: Location, Location, LocationChapter Thirteen: Troublemakers Bring Us to Our Senses; Conclusion: Custodians of Democracy; Endnotes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780872866034

0872866033

OCLC:

854521221