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Spies, Lies and the War on Terror

By Patrick Fitzgerald , Paul Todd , Jonathan Bloch

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
2009
ISBN
1842778315, 9781842778319, 1842778307, 9781842778302
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1251540 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
225\225
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book traces the transformation of intelligence from a tool for law enforcement to a means of avoiding the law--both national and international. The "War on Terror" has seen intelligence agencies emerge as major political players. "Rendition," untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are becoming normal. The new culture of victimhood in the US and among partners in the "coalition of the willing" has crushed domestic liberties and formed a global network of extra-legal license. State and corporate interests are increasingly fused in the new business of privatizing fear. The authors argue that the bureaucracy and narrow political goals surrounding intelligence actually have the potential to increase the terrorist threat.

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