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Secrets and leaks : the dilemma of state secrecy / Rahul Sagar.

By: Sagar, Rahul [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xiii, 281 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691149875 (hardback); 0691149879 (hardback).Subject(s): Official secrets | Leaks (Disclosure of information) | Whistle blowing -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 352.3/79 Other classification: POL010000 | POL040010 | POL012000
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Who watches the watchers? -- The problem : how to regulate state secrecy? -- Should we rely on judges? Transparency and the problem of judicial deference -- Should we rely on Congress? Oversight and the problem of executive privilege -- Should the law condone unauthorized disclosures? Fire alarms and the problem of legitimacy -- Should we rely on whistleblowers? Disobedience and the problem of retaliation -- Should we trust leakers? Anonymous sources and the problem of regulation -- Bitter medicine -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 352.379 Sa182 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003489762

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Who watches the watchers? -- The problem : how to regulate state secrecy? -- Should we rely on judges? Transparency and the problem of judicial deference -- Should we rely on Congress? Oversight and the problem of executive privilege -- Should the law condone unauthorized disclosures? Fire alarms and the problem of legitimacy -- Should we rely on whistleblowers? Disobedience and the problem of retaliation -- Should we trust leakers? Anonymous sources and the problem of regulation -- Bitter medicine -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy.

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