Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Edgar, Timothy H., author

Title Beyond Snowden : privacy, mass surveillance, and the struggle to reform the NSA / Timothy H. Edgar
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2017

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Contents Introduction : a call to public service -- Phantoms of lost liberty -- Transnational surveillance -- Stone knives and bearskins -- Breaking the secrecy habit -- Passing the buck -- Behind the judge's curtains -- Technological magic -- Dignity and respect for all -- Listening to allies -- Libertarian panic -- Conclusion : beyond Snowden
Summary America's mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret documents, the Obama administration's own reforms have also helped bring the National Security Agency and its programs of signals intelligence collection out of the shadows. The real question is: What should we do about mass surveillance? Timothy Edgar, a long-time civil liberties activist who worked inside the intelligence community for six years during the Bush and Obama administrations, believes that the NSA's programs are profound threat to the privacy of everyone in the world. At the same time, he argues that mass surveillance programs can be made consistent with democratic values, if we make the hard choices needed to bring transparency, accountability, privacy, and human rights protections into complex programs of intelligence collection. Although the NSA and other agencies already comply with rules intended to prevent them from spying on Americans, Edgar argues that the rules--most of which date from the 1970s--are inadequate for this century. Reforms adopted during the Obama administration are a good first step but, in his view, do not go nearly far enough. Edgar argues that our communications today--and the national security threats we face--are both global and digital. In the twenty first century, the only way to protect our privacy as Americans is to do a better job of protecting everyone's privacy. Beyond Surveillance: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA explains both why and how we can do this, without sacrificing the vital intelligence capabilities we need to keep ourselves and our allies safe. If we do, we set a positive example for other nations that must confront challenges like terrorism while preserving human rights. The United States already leads the world in mass surveillance. It can lead the world in mass surveillance reform
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Snowden, Edward J., 1983-
SUBJECT Snowden, Edward J., 1983- fast
Subject United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
SUBJECT United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service fast
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Privacy, Right of -- United States
Electronic surveillance -- Law and legislation -- United States
National security -- Law and legislation -- United States
Government information -- Law and legislation -- United States
Official secrets -- United States
Electronic surveillance -- Government policy -- United States
Leaks (Disclosure of information)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Intelligence & Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Privacy & Surveillance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Privacy & Surveillance.
Electronic surveillance -- Law and legislation
Government information -- Law and legislation
Leaks (Disclosure of information)
National security -- Law and legislation
Official secrets
Privacy, Right of
Privatrecht
Privatsphäre
Datenerfassung
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017033047
ISBN 9780815730644
0815730640