TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Beatrice
AU  - Radack,Jesselyn
TI  - The rise of the American corporate security state: six reasons to be afraid 
T2  - BK currents book
SN  - 9781626561946 (paperback)
AV  - JK 468 E26r 2014
U1  - 355/.033073 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - San Francisco, CA
PB  - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Contracting out
KW  - United States
KW  - Servicio de inteligencia
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Corporaciones
KW  - Business and politics
KW  - Negocios y política
KW  - Electronic surveillance
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Vigilancia electrónica
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Seguridad interna
KW  - National security
KW  - Seguridad nacional
KW  - Privacy, Right of
KW  - Privacidad, Derecho de
KW  - Government contractors
KW  - Security sector
KW  - Evaluation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I: THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE -- Chapter 1: The Corporate Spy Business: Holding Americans Hostage -- Chapter 2: Official Secrets, Absolute Control -- Chapter 3: The Constitution Ignored; The Bill of Rights Annulled -- Chapter 4: The Espionage Act: Truth is Treason -- PART II - THE CORPORATE-GOV SECURITY COMPLEX -- Chapter 5: Zombie Law: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die -- Chapter 6: Savage Capitalism and Justice Deferred: Corporate Crime Unpunished -- Chapter 7: Slow-Walking the Financial Crisis Reforms -- Chapter 8. Reasons to be Afraid: Actions to Take
N2  - "In the United States today, our Bill of Rights has been rendered pointless by heavy surveillance of average citizens, political persecution of dissenters, and the threat of indefinite detention now codified into law. Corporations reap handsome profits collecting information for various agencies--70 percent of the US intelligence budget is paid to private contractors. As a result, we now live in a Corporate Security State where the government is more interested in safeguarding the health of the companies who serve it than the citizens who support it.  Rise of the American Corporate Security State details the massive amount of information the government is collecting and exposes how far it's willing to go to conceal its activities and punish anyone who dares expose it. Further, the blurring of the boundaries between business and government is enabling corporations to spy on employees and citizens in the name of "cybersecurity" and has hobbled attempts to punish the corporate institutions responsible for the financial collapse of 2008.  But Edwards offers a plan for fighting back--steps we can demand to restore transparency to government, keep private information private, and make democracy a reality once again"--
ER  -