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Subject(s)

• Government information—United States [Browse]
• Freedom of information—United States [Browse]

Summary note

• 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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / David Weir
• Prologue: The CIA and the Origins of the Freedom of Information Act
• 1. Conservatives Worry and the Cover-Up Begins
• 2. You Expose Us, We Spy on You
• 3. The CIA tries to Censor Books
• 4. Bush Perfects the Cover-Up
• 5. Censor Others as You Would Have Them Censor You
• 6. Did Congress Outlaw This Book?
• 7. Trying to Hush the Fuss
• 8. Overcoming the Opposition
• 9. Censorship Confusion
• 10. The Pentagon Resists Censorship
• 11. Hiding Political Spying
• 12. One Man Says No
• 13. Control of Information
• 14. The CIA Openness Task Force
• Epilogue: The Cold War Ends and Secrecy Spreads
• App. Targets of Domestic Spying.

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ISBN

0520200209 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96022685

OCLC

34753196

RCP

C - S

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