Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer

ISBN-13: 9781441190079 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Steve Hewitt

Opis

Gives an account of how some citizens actively assist state surveillance by informing on others, such as during the Cold War and the campaign against terrorism. The author provides a study of human informers - people who secretly supply information to a domestic security agency (a spy provides information to a foreign intelligence service).

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. "Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society:" The Nature of Informing 3. Informing History 4. Famous Informers 5. The Informer State 6. Informers in the "War on Terror" 7. Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age Notes Selected Bibliography Index