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Informationen zum Autor Angus Mackenzie (1950-1994)! an investigative reporter known for his persistence and independence! was one of the nation's foremost experts on freedom of information laws. Known for crusading journalism in defense of the First Amendment! his work appeared in publications ranging from alternative weeklies to the Washington Post and the Columbia Journalism Review. Mackenzie was affiliated with the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco and taught at the School of Journalism at the University of California! Berkeley. David Weir was a co-founder of the Center for Investigative Reporting! where he managed contracts with "60 Minutes!" "20/20!" CNN! CBS News! ABC News! and many other outlets. He served as editor and writer at a number of publications! including Rolling Stone! Mother Jones! and the San Francisco Examiner. He has won or shared over two dozen journalism awards! including the National Magazine Award. Klappentext "If anything is more corrupting than power, it is power exercised in secret. Angus Mackenzie's magnificently researched, lucidly written study of the CIA's outrageous threats to freedom in America over the years is a summons to vigilance to protect our democratic institutions."--Daniel Schorr "The late Angus Mackenzie has left an appropriate legacy in Secrets: The CIA's War at Home, a fitting capstone to his long career of exposing government secrecy and manipulation of public information. Secrets is a detailed, fascinating and chilling account of the agency's program of disinformation and concealment of public information against its own citizens."--Ben H. Bagdikian, author of The Media Monopoly "Scrupulously reported, fleshed out with a fascinating cast of characters, skillfully illuminating a subject the news media seldom looked into and never got straight, Angus Mackenzie's last and best work richly deserves a posthumous Pulitzer--for nonfiction, history, or both."--Jon Swan, former senior editor, Columbia Journalism Review "This courageous, uncompromising book belongs on the bookshelf of every serious student of journalism and the First Amendment."--Tom Goldstein, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University Zusammenfassung Reveals how federal agencies - including the Department of Defense, the executive branch, and the CIA - have monitored and controlled public access to information. This book is suitable for those interested in the inside secrets of government spying, censorship, and the abrogation of First Amendment rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORD by David Weir EDITORS' PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE: THE CIA AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ONE CONSERVATIVES WORRY AND THE COVER-UP BEGINS TWO YOU EXPOSE US, WE SPY ON YOU THREE THE CIA TRIES TO CENSOR BOOKS FOUR BUSH PERFECTS THE COVER-UP FIVE CENSOR OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM CENSOR YOU SIX DID CONGRESS OUTLAW THIS BOOK? SEVEN TRYING TO HUSH THE FUSS EIGHT OVERCOMING THE OPPOSITION NINE CENSORSHIP CONFUSION TEN THE PENTAGON RESISTS CENSORSHIP ELEVEN HIDING POLITICAL SPYING TWELVE ONE MAN SAYS NO THIRTEEN CONTROL OF INFORMATION FOURTEEN THE CIA OPENNESS TASK FORCE EPILOGUE: THE COLD WAR ENDS AND SECRECY SPREADS APPENDIX: TARGETS OF DOMESTIC SPYING NOTES INDEX...
