Journalism in an Age of Terror

LIFTING THE LID ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND THE SECRET SERVICES IN THE AFTERMATH OFTHE SNOWDEN REVELATIONS - IN THE UK, USA AND FRANCE
There has always been an inevitable conflict between journalism and the secret services. Between the professed responsibility of journalists to hold power to account – whose aim is always publication - and the duty of the intelligence services to secure the state against threats to peace – which must always aim for secrecy. Both claim that their free activity is necessary to preserving the democratic status quo.
As the monumental Snowden/NSA revelations resurface in a new major motion picture, this fascinating book is the first to analyse the relationship between these two key state actors. Here John Lloyd presents a meticulous comparison between the US, UK and France - three countries on the frontline of the West’s fight against terror, asking: how can power be held to account if one of the greatest state powers is secret? How far have the Snowden/ NSA revelations damaged the activities of the secret services? And have governments lost all trust from journalists and thepublic?
JOHN LLOYD is a contributing editor at the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column - “The Ideas Department” - on current affairs for the FT Magazine, of which he was founding editor. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, a columnist for Reuters.com and a columnist for La Repubblica of Rome.