Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-345) and index.
Contents
Between the lines -- High water or hell -- Critical conditions -- Posse Comitatus -- The garden plot -- All hell breaks down -- Enough to make you sick -- Pathways -- In extremis -- The program -- First family -- Executive agents -- Pull to push -- Dual command -- Marching orders -- Conclusion: martial life.
Summary
A military expert describes how a secret group of powerful and unelected men of the national security establishment keep the nation safe from terrorism through the steady erosion and undermining of everyday freedoms protected by the Constitution.