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- catalog abstract "This book is a comprehensive history of the abuses of the American domestic intelligence system from 1936 until May 1978. Drawing from the mountain of bureaucratic memos that Congressional committees and the Freedom of Information Act have pried loose, the author traces the step-by-step expansion of the authority of the FBI and other agencies to investigate the loyalty of American citizens exercising their civil liberties. In the process, he also shows the daily Washington struggle of top-level bureaucrats for power and programs. -- from Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b1053038.
- catalog created "1978.".
- catalog date "1978".
- catalog date "1978.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1978.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 307-315.".
- catalog description "Presidential power and internal security -- The Huston plan -- Emergency detention programs -- Authorizing political surveillance -- Wiretaps, mail openings, and break-ins -- Political counterintelligence -- Political uses of surveillance -- Loyalty and security programs -- The politics of intelligence.".
- catalog description "This book is a comprehensive history of the abuses of the American domestic intelligence system from 1936 until May 1978. Drawing from the mountain of bureaucratic memos that Congressional committees and the Freedom of Information Act have pried loose, the author traces the step-by-step expansion of the authority of the FBI and other agencies to investigate the loyalty of American citizens exercising their civil liberties. In the process, he also shows the daily Washington struggle of top-level bureaucrats for power and programs. -- from Publisher description.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 331 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Spying on Americans.".
- catalog identifier "0877221413 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Spying on Americans.".
- catalog issued "1978".
- catalog issued "1978.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Temple University Press,".
- catalog relation "Spying on Americans.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "327.12/0973".
- catalog subject "Abuse of administrative power United States History.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Detention of persons Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Domestic intelligence United States History.".
- catalog subject "Intelligence service United States History.".
- catalog subject "Internal security United States History.".
- catalog subject "JK468.I6 T45".
- catalog subject "Undercover operations Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation History.".
- catalog subject "Wiretapping United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Presidential power and internal security -- The Huston plan -- Emergency detention programs -- Authorizing political surveillance -- Wiretaps, mail openings, and break-ins -- Political counterintelligence -- Political uses of surveillance -- Loyalty and security programs -- The politics of intelligence.".
- catalog title "Spying on Americans : political surveillance from Hoover to the Huston plan / Athan Theoharis.".
- catalog type "text".