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Author Priest, Dana.

Title Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state / Dana Priest and William M. Arkin.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
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 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  363.325 PRI    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  363.325 P    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  363.325 PRIEST    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.325 PRIEST    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.325 PRIEST    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  363.325 PRI    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  363.325 PRIEST    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Non Fiction  363.3251 PRIEST    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  363.325 PRI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.325 PR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-286) and index.
Contents Introduction: A perpetual state of yellow -- Top secret America -- All you need to know -- So help me God -- An alternative geography -- Supersize.gov -- One nation, one map -- "Report suspicious activity" -- 007s -- The business card -- Managing the battlefield from a suburban sanctuary -- Dark matter -- Conclusion: Beyond the fear of 9/11.
Summary An investigative reporter and a columnist for The Washington Post describe the enormous, top-secret, invisible universe created by the government after 9/11 and describe why the system meant to keep us safe may actually be putting us in greater danger.
Subject Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
National security -- United States.
Internal security -- United States.
Secret service -- United States.
Intelligence service -- United States.
Intelligence service -- Contracting out -- United States.
Government contractors -- United States.
Security sector -- United States -- Evaluation.
Privatization -- United States -- Evaluation.
Added Author Arkin, William M.
ISBN 9780316182218: $27.99
0316182214
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