American surveillance : intelligence, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment /

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Some see domestic intelligence gathering as a crucial task of national security, regardless of personal privacy. Others warn against a surveillance state that tramples constitutional rights. The idea of a total information state has both inspired and frightened Americans. In confronting these contro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gregory, Anthony, 1981- (Author)
Corporate Author: Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 4th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Domestic intelligence > United States.
Privacy, Right of > United States.
Electronic surveillance > United States.
Renseignement de sécurité intérieure > États-Unis.
Surveillance électronique > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Domestic intelligence
Electronic surveillance
Privacy, Right of
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reconnoitering the frontier, 1775-1899
  • Foreign influences, 1900-1945
  • Espionage and subversion, 1946-1978
  • Calm before the storm, 1979-2000
  • The total information idea, 2001-2015
  • Unreasonable searches
  • Fourth Amendment mirage
  • Enforcement problems
  • The privacy question.

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