American surveillance : intelligence, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

The Resource American surveillance : intelligence, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

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American surveillance : intelligence, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

Title remainder

intelligence, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

Statement of responsibility

Anthony Gregory

Language

eng

Summary

Some see domestic intelligence gathering as a crucial task of national security, regardless of personal privacy. Others warn against a surveillance state that tramples constitutional rights. The idea of a total information state has both inspired and frightened Americans. In confronting these controversies, people appeal to law, liberty, or foreign policy to argue for or against surveilling the citizenry. The polarizing topics of surveillance, intelligence, privacy, and Fourth Amendment protections often produce more heat than light. Anthony Gregory offers a nuanced history and analysis of these vexing questions. He highlights the complex relationships between foreign and domestic intelligence, and between national security surveillance and countervailing efforts to safeguard individual privacy. The Fourth Amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures offers no panacea, he finds, in combating assaults on privacy--whether by the NSA, the FBI, local police, or more mundane administrative agencies. And, he notes, some of the high-stakes issues provoked by intelligence methods have little to do with privacy. Given the advancement of technology, together with the ambiguities and practical problems of Fourth Amendment enforcement, Gregory emphasizes that privacy advocates need to consider multiple policy fronts. -- Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

342.7308/58

Index

index present

LC call number

KF4850

LC item number

.G74 2016eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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