Secrets
Subtitle: The CIA's War at Home
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: September 16, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780520200203
Subjects: Censorship; Central government; Espionage & secret services; Politics / Current Events; U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; USA; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Government information; Civics & Citizenship; Freedom Of Information; United States
Description: This eye-opening expose, the result of fifteen years of investigative work, uncovers the CIA's systematic efforts over several decades to suppress and censor information. Angus Mackenzie, an award-winning yournalist, filed and won a lawsuit against the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act, and in the process became an expert on government censorship and domestic spying.

Mackenzie lays bare a complex narrative of intrigue among federal agencies and their senior staff, including the Department of Defense, the executive branch, and the CIA. From cover-ups and secrecy oaths, to scandals over leaks and exposure, to the government's often insidious attempts to monitor and control public access to information, Mackenzie tracks the evolution of a policy of suppression, repression, spying, and harassment.