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Family jewels : the CIA, secrecy, and presidential power.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prados, John.
Series:
Discovering America
Discovering America ; v.7
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States.
Intelligence service--United States.
Intelligence service.
Presidents--United States.
Presidents.
Executive power: United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (423 p.)
Edition:
Updated ed.
Place of Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Summary:
In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency.This included political surveillance, eavesdropping, detention, and interrogation.
Contents:
Intro
List of Acronyms
Introduction
Prologue
1. Where Did the Family Jewels Come From?
2. The Family Jewels: The White House Reacts
3. Domestic Surveillance
4. Surveillance II: Private Communications
5. Detention and Interrogation
6. Assassination
7. Cloaking the Dagger
8. Plugging the Dike
9. Circling the Wagons
10. Clarity
Epilogue
Notes
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Other Format:
9780292762152
ISBN:
029276216X
9780292762169
OCLC:
890718935

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