Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state /

Priest, Dana.

Top secret America : the rise of the new American security state / Dana Priest and William M. Arkin - 1st ed. - New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011 - xxiv, 296 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index.

Introduction: A perpetual state of yellow -- Top secret America -- All you need to know -- So help me God -- An alternative geography -- Supersize.gov -- One nation, one map -- "Report suspicious activity" -- 007s -- The business card -- Managing the battlefield from a suburban sanctuary -- Dark matter -- Conclusion: Beyond the fear of 9/11.

Describes the enormous, top-secret, invisible universe created by the government after 9/11 and describes why the system in place to keep us safe may actually be putting us in greater danger.

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