Torture, intelligence and sousveillance in the war on terror : agenda-building struggles / Vian Bakir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakir, Vian, 1971- author.

Series:

Classical and contemporary social theory.

Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Moral and ethical aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Torture--Government policy--Great Britain.

Torture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror examines the communication battles of the Bush and Blair political administrations (and those of their successors in America and Britain) over their use of torture, first-hand or second-hand, to gain intelligence for the War on Terror. Exploring key agenda-building drivers that exposed the torture-intelligence nexus and presenting detailed case studies of key media events from the UK and USA, this insightful volume exposes dominant political discourses on the torture-for-intelligence policy. Whether in the form of unauthorized leaks,

Contents:

Studying torture, intelligence and media manipulation in the war on terror

Strategic political communication, intelligence and its discontents: Manipulating and challenging intelligence

The rise of the torture-intelligence nexus

The sousveillance failure of John Walker Lindh

The surprise of sousveillance at Abu Ghraib and the struggle to contain it

The persistence of sousveillance: Baha Mousa and torture in the British

The absence of sousveillance: Binyam Mohamed and British intelligence agencies: complicity in torture

Conclusion.

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-00978-9

1-317-00979-7

1-315-55082-2

1-4094-2256-9

9781315550824

OCLC:

855504813