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None of your business; Government secrecy in America. / by Conference on Government Secrecy(1973 :New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)221049; Dorsen, Norman.(CARDINAL)146992; Gillers, Stephen,1943-(CARDINAL)143988; Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program.(CARDINAL)221048; Committee for Public Justice (U.S.)(CARDINAL)171850;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Government information;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Resistant : a novel / by Sparks, Rachael,author.(CARDINAL)794758;
In the final battle with drug-resistant bacteria, one woman's blood holds a secret weapon. Rory and her father have survived the antibiotic crisis that has killed millions, including Rory's mother--but ingenuity and perseverance aren't their only advantages. When a stoic and scarred young military veteran enters their quiet life, Rory is drawn to him against her better judgment ... until he exposes the secrets her mother and father kept from her, including the fact that her own blood may hold the cure the world needs, and she is the target of groups fighting to reach it first. When the government comes after Rory, aiming to use her for a cure it can sell to the highest bidder, she's forced to flee with her father and their new protector. But can she find the new path of human evolution before the government finds her?
Subjects: Science fiction.; Immunity; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Fathers and daughters; Conspiracies; Epidemics; Secrecy in government;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Are we safer in the dark? [videorecording] : a Sunshine Week national dialogue on open government & secrecy. by Blanton, Thomas S.(CARDINAL)279983; Overholser, Geneva.(CARDINAL)279981; Petersen, Barbara A.(CARDINAL)279982; Susman, Thomas M.,1943-(CARDINAL)279979; American Association of Law Libraries.(CARDINAL)150962; American Library Association.(CARDINAL)142523; American Society of Newspaper Editors.(CARDINAL)153012; Association of Research Libraries.(CARDINAL)142308; Coalition of Journalists for Open Government.; League of Women Voters (U.S.)(CARDINAL)279978; National Freedom of Information Coalition.; National Press Club (U.S.)(CARDINAL)279980; OpenTheGovernment.org (Organization)(CARDINAL)279977; Special Libraries Association.(CARDINAL)143845; University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.Learning & Technology Services.;
Thomas Blanton, Barbara Petersen, Thomas Susman, panelists ; Geneva Overholser, moderator.Recorded at licensed site, McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from satellite transmission of a live broadcast at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2006.Panel of experts discuss open government versus government secrecy, the impact on individuals and communities and what members of the public can do to express their opinions.Adults.Sponsored by: National Press Club, American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Association of Research Libraries, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, League of Women Voters, National Freedom of Information Coalition, OpenTheGovernment.org, and the Special Libraries Association.DVD.
Subjects: Freedom of information; Government information; Security classification (Government documents); Sunshine Week.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The most dangerous man in the world : how one hacker ended corporate and government secrecy forever / by Fowler, Andrew(Andrew John)(CARDINAL)625150;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Hours of top-secret videos and hundreds of thousands of highly classified documents poured from the vaults of high-level governments and corporations. They exposed lies, hypocrisies, cover-ups, and high level diplomatic gossip, making headlines around the world. Julian Assange, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the editor-in-chief of the Internet-based whistleblower site, WikiLeaks, has left the White House stunned, and the U.S. military, banks, and major corporations severely embarrassed..."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Assange, Julian.; WikiLeaks (Organization); Leaks (Disclosure of information); Security classification (Government documents); Government information; Official secrets; Defense information, Classified; Hackers; Whistle blowing;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Backroom deals in our backyards : how government secrecy harms our communities and the local heroes fighting back / by Spivack, Miranda S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Hiding in plain sight -- Small town, big secrets -- Public roads, hidden dangers -- The safety gear detective -- Toxic brew, concealed deals -- Chipping away at the new blue wall -- Playbook for accidental activists -- Conclusion: We can overcome the threat to democracy that secrecy poses."A work of investigative reporting on five "accidental activists" who fight back against local and state governments to keep their communities safe. Most Americans are likely to encounter the effects of government malfeasance or neglect close to home-from their governors, mayors, town councils, school boards, police, and prosecutors. In fact, deals shrouded in darkness are regularly made at the state and local levels, often the result of closed-door discussions between governments and industry without any scrutiny whatsoever from the public. Too often, as this groundbreaking new work of investigative reporting reveals, residents are intentionally kept on the outside, struggling to get information about significant issues affecting their communities-from car crashes and dirty drinking water, to failing safety gear-until the backroom deals are done and it's too late to challenge them. A work of riveting narrative nonfiction based on years of original reporting, Backroom Deals in Our Backyards tells the story of five "accidental activists"-people from across the United States who started questioning why their local and state governments didn't protect them from issues facing their communities and why there was a frightening lack of transparency surrounding the way these issues were resolved. The secret deals, lies, and corruption they uncover shake their faith in government but move them to action."--
Subjects: Transparency (Ethics) in government; Government information; Community activists; Local government;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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State of silence : the Espionage Act and the rise of America's secrecy regime / by Lebovic, Sam,1981-author.(CARDINAL)878133;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The fear of spies -- The speech crimes of Eugene Debs -- 1919, year of the bombs -- The creeping scope of the secrecy laws -- The Nazi spy who wasn't -- Red herrings, or, the Cold War spy games -- Missile gaps -- Papers from the Pentagon -- Long live the secrecy state -- Whistleblowers on the War on Terror -- Conclusion : goodbye to the Espionage Act?"The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 to prosecute spies and critics during World War I. And yet, after a century of piecemeal revisions, the Espionage Act still forms the basis of our national security architecture today - a tool that lets the government keep an untold amount of information secret, without ever justifying the need for that secrecy. In State of Silence, political historian Sam Lebovic uncovers the troubling history of the Espionage Act and the shaky foundations on which our security state was built. The Espionage Act began as a series of vague statutes. Over time and aided by interventions from the executive branch and the courts, it became the basis of a patchwork system for protecting state secrets. Early drafts of the Act gave the president the authority to stop the presses. That provision was struck down after public outcry over freedom of speech, but the resulting legal ambiguities left room for decades of distortion as lawmakers leveraged Cold War paranoia into ever-tightening security. The resulting system for classifying information, Lebovic points out, is absurdly cautious: nearly 80 million documents are classified each year, and the system costs the government more than $18 billion annually to maintain. Aside from being costly, this system is shrouded in secrecy, hiding information from citizens in a way that Lebovic argues is fundamentally antithetical to our democracy. When individuals do try to make this information public, they're punished for it. As Lebovic shows, prosecuting whistleblowers (instead of journalists) has been built into our national security system from the beginning. Far before Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, he shares with us the near-forgotten story of Colonel John Nickerson, the first whistleblower prosecuted under the Espionage Act in 1956--and a proud Army man who had no idea that his sharing of information could be considered illegal. Finally, Lebovic calls for broad and sweeping reform, proposing a new approach to securing state secrets, one that places the interests of the people first from the very beginning. Shedding new light on the bloated governmental security apparatus that's weighing our democracy down, State of Silence offers the definitive history of America's turn toward secrecy--and its staggering human costs"--
Subjects: United States.; Espionage; Secrecy; Official secrets; Disclosure of information; Whistle blowing; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.; Transparency (Ethics) in government; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Churchill's bunker : the cabinet war rooms and the culture of secrecy in wartime London / by Holmes, Richard,1946-2011.(CARDINAL)128599;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Cabinet War Rooms (Great Britain); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Government & the media in conflict/1970-74. / by Knappman, Edward W.(CARDINAL)130977;
Politics in the media : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment -- The Pentagon papers & government secrecy : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment -- Watergate & the media : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment -- Confidentiality & the courts : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment -- Fairness & equal time doctrines : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment -- Broadcast programing & ownership : Summary of news events ; Editorial comment.
Subjects: Mass media policy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The teller of secrets : a novel / by Adjapon, Bisi,author.;
"In this stunning debut novel, Esi, a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid political upheaval in postcolonial Ghana, begins to question the hypocrisy of the patriarchal society that surrounds her, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectations placed on women"--Late 1960s, Ghana. Young Esi Agyekum is as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters' sex lives. After she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. As she navigates her burgeoning womanhood, Esi tries to reconcile her own ideals and dreams with her family's complicated past and troubled present, and fights to carve out her own identity against their society's double standards. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Fiction.; Fiction.; Novels.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence; Teenage girls, Black; Women; Actualisation de soi chez l'adolescent; Adolescentes noires; Femmes; Children.; Girls.; Secrecy.; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 13
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Lessons in power / by Barnes, Jennifer Lynn,author. (CARDINAL)472000;
"When Tess is asked to run a classmate's campaign for student council, she agrees. But when the candidates are the children of politicians, even a high school election can uncover life-shattering secrets"--Ages 13+Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Novels.; Student government; Secrecy; High schools; Schools;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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