Top Secret America
The Rise of the New American Security State

Surprised by the news about NSA surveillance? Read this book! Note: This review first appeared here on September 11, 2011 (yes, 9/11/11). In view of the recent news about the NSA’s Prism program and other widespread and long-standing efforts to amass personal information about the American public, I’......more

Renditions started under President Clinton, first with his questionable rendition of My Funny Valentine on saxophone and then behind the back of the American people when targeted humans were sent by the CIA to Egypt or Saudi Arabia where “trials for terrorist subjects were rare and torture was routi......more

-850,000 Americans now have top security clearances -250,000 Private contractors operate in the security sector -1,200 Government agencies deal with issues of national security -2,000 Private companies keep tabs on national security -10,000 This is the number of locations for Intelligence installations -......more

So here is the disclaimer first off *I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads*. Top Secret America came off as a pretty straight forward and an easy read especially for the casual reader that do not read alot of works on the military, intelligence, or current world events. What it......more

That people don't know about the size and intrusiveness of the Surveillance State is partly by design. Thankfully, William Arkin and Dana Priest have made it a point to try and end that problem. This book is essentially an expansion of Arkin and Priest's investigative series for the Washington Post......more