Top Secret America
The Rise of the New American Security State
by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin
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Pub Date Sep 06 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
The top-secret world that the government created in response to the
9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so
secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it
employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done
elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the
United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In TOP SECRET
AMERICA, award-winning reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin uncover
the enormous size, shape, mission, and consequences of this invisible
universe of over 1,300 government facilities in every state in America;
nearly 2,000 outside companies used as contractors; and more than
850,000 people granted "Top Secret" security clearance.
A
landmark exposé of a new, secret "Fourth Branch" of American
government, TOP SECRET AMERICA is a tour de force of investigative
reporting-and a book sure to spark national and international alarm.
Dana Priest is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post.
She has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for
public service for "The Other Walter Reed" and the 2006 Pulitzer for
beat reporting for her work on CIA secret prisons and counterterrorism
operations overseas. She is the author of The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military.
William M. Arkin has been a columnist and reporter with The Washington Post
since 1998. He has worked on the subject of government secrecy and
national security affairs for more than 30 years. He has authored or
co-authored more than a dozen books about the U.S. military and
national security.
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