A culture of secrecy : the government versus the people's right to know /

This new book examines who in government is hiding what from the rest of us, how they're doing it, and why it should matter to all of us. Contributing scholars, journalists, and attorneys survey the policies of federal intelligence agencies and presidents - notably Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Theoharis, Athan G.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 1998.
Subjects:	Freedom of information > United States > Case studies. Government information > United States > Case studies. Security classification (Government documents) > United States > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

The Freedom of Information Act versus the FBI / Athan G. Theoharis
The CIA and secrecy / James X. Dempsey
"Not so anonymous": parting the veil of secrecy about the National Security Agency / Matthew M. Aid
"National security" and Freedom of Information: the John Lennon FBI Files / Jon Wiener
Playing the information game: how it took thirteen years and two lawsuits to get J. Edgar Hoover's secret Supreme Court sex files / Alexander Charns and Paul M. Green
The endless saga of the Nixon tapes / Joan Hoff
The war over secrecy: democracy's most important low-intensity conflict / Scott Armstrong
We can't yet read our own mail: access to the records of the Department of State / Page Putnam Miller
The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board / Anna Kasten Nelson.