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04155aam a2200493 i 4500 001 BC8F400C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 150619t20142014txu b s001 0 eng d 010 $a 2015413727 020 $a 9780292762152 020 $a 0292762151 035 $a (OCoLC)876883020 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d IKM $d S2J $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d ZKM $d TNW $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK468.I6 $b P696b 2013 082 04 $a 327.1273 $q OCoLC $2 23/eng/20230203 086 $a Z UA380.8 P883fa 2014 $2 txdocs 100 1 $a Prados, John, $e author. 245 14 $a The family jewels : $b the CIA, secrecy, and presidential power / $c John Prados. 250 $a Updated edition. 264 1 $a Austin : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2014. 300 $a x, 410 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Discovering America 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Where did the Family Jewels come from? -- The Family Jewels : the White House reacts -- Domestic surveillance -- Surveillance II : private communications -- Detention and interrogation -- Assassination -- Cloaking the dagger -- Plugging the dike -- Circling the wagons -- Clarity. 520 $a In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency. This included political surveillance, eavesdropping, detention, and interrogation. The revelation of illegal activities over many years shocked the American public and led to investigations of the CIA by a presidential commission and committees in both houses of Congress, which found evidence of more abuse, even CIA plans for assassinations. Investigators and the public soon discovered that the CIA abuses were described in a top-secret document agency insiders dubbed the "Family Jewels." That document became ground zero for a political firestorm that lasted more than a year. The "Family Jewels" debacle ultimately brought about greater congressional oversight of the CIA, but excesses such as those uncovered in the 1970s continue to come to light. The Family Jewels probes the deepest secrets of the CIA and its attempts to avoid scrutiny. John Prados recounts the secret operations that constituted "Jewels" and investigators' pursuit of the truth, plus the strenuous effortsby the agency, the executive branch, and even presidentsto evade accountability. Prados reveals how Vice President Richard Cheney played a leading role in intelligence abuses and demonstrates that every type of "Jewel" has been replicated since, especially during the post-9/11 war on terror. The Family Jewels masterfully illuminates why these abuses are endemic to spying, shows that proper relationships are vital to control of intelligence, and advocates a system for handling "Family Jewels" crises in a democratic society. With a new epilogue that discusses former CIA employee Edward Snowden's revelation of massive covert surveillance by the NSA, this powerful accounting of intelligence abuses committed by the CIA from the Cold War through the war on terror reveals why such abuses and attempts to conceal them are endemic to spying and proposes how a democratic nation can rein in its spymasters. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. 610 17 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536259 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z United States. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States. 650 6 $a PreÌsidents $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Pouvoir exeÌcutif $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a Executive power. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917857 650 7 $a Intelligence service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975848 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 830 0 $a Discovering America series. 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BC8F400C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search