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BL
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672818
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b502007
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| Main Entry
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Harris, Shane.
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| Title & Author
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The watchers : the rise of America's surveillance state /\ Shane Harris.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Penguin Press,, 2010.
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1 online resource (418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1101195320
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: 1101195746
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: 9781101195321
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: 9781101195741
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-402) and index.
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| Contents
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First strike -- Knowledge is power -- And he shall purify -- UNODIR -- A constant tension -- The Genoa Project -- The next generation -- The China Experiment -- Able danger -- "You guys will go to jail" -- Echo -- A new Manhattan Project -- The bag -- All hands on deck -- Call to arms -- Feed the bag -- Ships passing in the night -- Full steam ahead -- The unraveling -- Going black -- Basketball -- Resurrection -- The breakthrough -- Exposed -- Reasonable beliefs -- Betrayal -- Bojinka II -- Inherit the winds -- Ascension -- Renegade.
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| Abstract
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Using exclusive access to key government sources, Shane Harris chronicles the rise of the American surveillance state over the past 25 years and highlights a dangerous paradox: our government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on the rest of us.
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| Subject
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Intelligence service-- United States.
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National security-- United States.
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Terrorism-- United States-- Prevention-- History.
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| LC Classification
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HV6432.H378 2010eb
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