Spooked
eBook - PDF

Spooked

The Truth about Intelligence in Australia

  1. 337 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Spooked

The Truth about Intelligence in Australia

About this book

With contributions from a number of prominent intelligence, security, and legal experts such as Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly, and Peter Leahy, this examination lays bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia. Compelling chapters cut through the panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions such as Is the Australian Security Intelligence Organization unaccountable? Is the money spent on security reaping dividends? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Is WikiLeaks good for human rights? and Is privacy being traded for a false sense of security? Spooked untangles the half-truths, conspiracy theories, and controversies about the "war on terror" and proves a welcome antidote to misinformation and alarm.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. CONTRIBUTORS
  6. ACRONYMS
  7. INTRODUCTION: The Other World
  8. 1. ‘Islamo-Fascism' - The Shape of Future Conflict?
  9. 2. Because They Hate Us
  10. 3. Fear and Loathing: The Threat of Asylum Seekers and Terrorism
  11. 4. Cyber-Terrorism: The Phantom Menace
  12. 5. The Mainstreaming of Executive-Directed Killings, or: How the World Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Drone
  13. 6. Bigger Budgets = Better Intelligence?
  14. 7. Telling the Truth About Torture
  15. 8. Wikileaks: Information Messiah or Global Terrorist?
  16. 9. Security Without Secrecy? Counter-Terrorism, ASIO and Access to Information
  17. 10. Power Without Responsibility?
  18. 11. Politicising Intelligence: Intelligence Failures and Politics
  19. INDEX