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050 00$aJK468.I6$bE29 2014
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100 1 $aEdwards, Beatrice.
245 14$aThe rise of the American corporate security state :$bsix reasons to be afraid /$cBeatrice Edwards ; foreword by Jesselyn Radack.
250 $aFirst Edition.
260 $aSan Francisco, CA :$bBerrett-Koehler Publishers,$c[2014].
300 $axii, 104 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: PART I: THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE -- Chapter 1: The Corporate Spy Business: Holding Americans Hostage -- Chapter 2: Official Secrets, Absolute Control -- Chapter 3: The Constitution Ignored; The Bill of Rights Annulled -- Chapter 4: The Espionage Act: Truth is Treason -- PART II - THE CORPORATE-GOV SECURITY COMPLEX -- Chapter 5: Zombie Law: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die -- Chapter 6: Savage Capitalism and Justice Deferred: Corporate Crime Unpunished -- Chapter 7: Slow-Walking the Financial Crisis Reforms -- Chapter 8. Reasons to be Afraid: Actions to Take.
520 $a"In the United States today, our Bill of Rights has been rendered pointless by heavy surveillance of average citizens, political persecution of dissenters, and the threat of indefinite detention now codified into law. Corporations reap handsome profits collecting information for various agencies--70 percent of the US intelligence budget is paid to private contractors. As a result, we now live in a Corporate Security State where the government is more interested in safeguarding the health of the companies who serve it than the citizens who support it. Rise of the American Corporate Security State details the massive amount of information the government is collecting and exposes how far it's willing to go to conceal its activities and punish anyone who dares expose it. Further, the blurring of the boundaries between business and government is enabling corporations to spy on employees and citizens in the name of "cybersecurity" and has hobbled attempts to punish the corporate institutions responsible for the financial collapse of 2008. But Edwards offers a plan for fighting back--steps we can demand to restore transparency to government, keep private information private, andmake democracy a reality once again"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aIntelligence service$xContracting out$zUnited States.
650 0$aCorporations$zUnited States.
650 0$aBusiness and politics$zUnited States.$2lcstt$3708993
650 0$aElectronic surveillance$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0$aInternal security$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0$aNational security$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0$aPrivacy, Right of$zUnited States.
650 0$aGovernment contractors$zUnited States.
650 0$aSecurity sector$zUnited States$xEvaluation.