Abuse of power
Subtitle: how Cold War surveillance and secrecy policy shaped the response to 9/11
By: Athan G. Theoharis
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781439906644; 9781439906651
Subjects: Intelligence service; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Cold War; Wiretapping; Electronic surveillance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: A new intelligence paradigm: surveillance and preventive detention; title: A history of FBI wiretapping authority; title: The politics of wiretapping; title: A commitment to secrecy; title: The limits of counterintelligence; title: The politics of counterintelligence; title: Ignoring the lessons of the Cold War.