Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare

Author: Scott Horton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 260 State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase that's classified" is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding national security. Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems. But too often these problems are not challenges to national security,...Read more