American spies : modern surveillance, why you should care, and what to do about it / Jennifer Stisa Granick.
2017
KF4850 .G725 2017 (Mapit)
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American spies : modern surveillance, why you should care, and what to do about it / Jennifer Stisa Granick.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xiii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Modern surveillance : massive, classified, and indiscriminate
Word games
Snowden, surveillance whistleblowers, and democracy
We kill people based on metadata
The shadow of September 11th
Modern surveillance and counterterrorism
Americans caught up In the foreign intelligence net
Warrantless wiretapping of Americans under Section 702
Nothing to hide? : a short history of surveillance abuses
The minimal comfort of minimization
Do unto others : why Americans should protect foreigners' privacy rights
U.S. surveillance law before September 11th
American spies after September 11th : illegality and legalism
Modern surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
The failures of external oversight
The National InSecurity Agency
The future of surveillance.
Word games
Snowden, surveillance whistleblowers, and democracy
We kill people based on metadata
The shadow of September 11th
Modern surveillance and counterterrorism
Americans caught up In the foreign intelligence net
Warrantless wiretapping of Americans under Section 702
Nothing to hide? : a short history of surveillance abuses
The minimal comfort of minimization
Do unto others : why Americans should protect foreigners' privacy rights
U.S. surveillance law before September 11th
American spies after September 11th : illegality and legalism
Modern surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
The failures of external oversight
The National InSecurity Agency
The future of surveillance.
Summary
"US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and political boundaries of lawful surveillance. Written for a general audience by a surveillance law expert, this book educates readers about how the reality of modern surveillance differs from popular understanding. Weaving the history of American surveillance - from J. Edgar Hoover through the tragedy of September 11th to the fusion centers and mosque infiltrators of today - the book shows that mass surveillance and democracy are fundamentally incompatible. Granick shows how surveillance law has fallen behind while surveillance technology has given American spies vast new powers. She skillfully guides the reader through proposals for reining in massive surveillance with the ultimate goal of surveillance reform." -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4850 .G725 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781107103238 (hardcover)
1107103231 (hardcover)
9781107501850 (paperback)
1107501857 (paperback)
1107103231 (hardcover)
9781107501850 (paperback)
1107501857 (paperback)
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