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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 March 2017
      16 January 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316216088
      9781107103238
      9781107501850
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316216088
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.61kg, 354 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 354 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, US Law, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    Area Studies, American Studies, US Law, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and political boundaries of lawful surveillance. Written for a general audience by a surveillance law expert, this book educates readers about how the reality of modern surveillance differs from popular understanding. Weaving the history of American surveillance - from J. Edgar Hoover through the tragedy of September 11th to the fusion centers and mosque infiltrators of today - the book shows that mass surveillance and democracy are fundamentally incompatible. Granick shows how surveillance law has fallen behind while surveillance technology has given American spies vast new powers. She skillfully guides the reader through proposals for reining in massive surveillance with the ultimate goal of surveillance reform.

    Awards

    Winner, 2016 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

    Reviews

    '… what makes American Spies of value is Granick’s perspective as a lawyer. What may be most interesting for the layperson is her uncovering of fraud in surveillance law. Legal terms have been perverted to the purpose of allowing those who run the spy agencies to deny they are spying. American Spies is well organized, to the point …'

    Robert Schaefer Source: New York Journal of Books

    'Any book addressing modern surveillance faces … hurdles, yet Jennifer Stisa Granick, Director of Civil Liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, manages to provide an expansive, nuanced, and engaging assessment of the complex surveillance state under which people in America live. American Spies is accessible to a wide audience, acting as an introduction to modern surveillance or a review for experienced lawyers. Indeed, the layperson who does not have extensive knowledge regarding surveillance law can engage in a worthwhile manner, as long as one managers the necessarily expansive use of acronyms in the text.'

    Alexandra Funk Source: The Champion

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    References

    Further Reading

    Alexander, M. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New York: The New Press, 2012).
    Bamford, James. The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency America’s Most Secret Intelligence Organization (New York: Penguin Books, 1983).
    Bamford, James. Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency (New York: Random House, 2002).
    Bamford, James. The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America (New York: Doubleday, 2008). Kindle Edition.
    Eichenwald, K. 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2012).
    Goldsmith, Jack. The Terror Presidency (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007).
    Greenwald, Glenn. No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014).
    Hager, Nicky. Secret Power: New Zealand’s Role in the International Spy Network (Nelson, New Zealand: Potton & Burton, 1996).
    Harris, Shane. @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).
    Kris, David and Douglas Wilson, J.. National Security Investigations and Prosecutions, 2nd ed. (Eagan, MN: Thomson West 2012).
    Risen, James. Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).
    Savage, Charlie. Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2015) Kindle Edition.
    Silverglate, Harvey. Three Felonies a Day (New York: Encounter Books, 2011).
    Weiner, Tim. Enemies: A History of the FBI (New York: Random House, 2013).
    Weiner, Tim. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (New York: Anchor Books, 2008).

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