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02665aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 96F70698DDB411E48328BAE0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 150330s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014035650 020 $a 1620970511 (hardback) 020 $a 9781620970515 (hardback) 040 $a CGL $b eng $e rda $c CGL $d CGL $d SILO 050 00 $a KF4774 $b .S39 2015 082 00 $a 342.73/0662 $2 23 084 $a POL012000 $a POL036000 $a POL012000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Schwarz, Frederick A. O. $q (Frederick August Otto), $d 1935- $e author. 245 10 $a Democracy in the dark : $b the seduction of government secrecy / $c Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b New Press, The, $c 2015. 300 $a x, 350 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to NSA's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important new book, Fritz Schwarz, who was chief counsel to the U.S. Church Committee on Intelligence-which uncovered CIA plots to assassinate world leaders, including Fidel Castro's exploding cigar-uses examples ranging from the dropping of the first Atomic bomb, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to Iran Contra and 9/11 to illuminate this central question: How much secrecy does good governance require? Schwarz argues that while some control of information is necessary, governments tend to fall prey to a culture of secrecy that is ultimately not just hazardous to democracy but antithetical to it. This historical survey provides the essential context to understand recent cases from Chelsea Manning to Edward Snowden. Democracy in the Dark is a natural companion to Schwarz's Unchecked and Unbalanced, co-written with Aziz Huq, which plumbed the power of the executive branch-a power that often depends on and derives from the use of secrecy. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Freedom of information $z United States. 650 0 $a Official secrets $z United States. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211025035.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084147.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826042132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96F70698DDB411E48328BAE0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search