The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power

by David Wise

Book Overview

Why has the government of the most powerful democracy in the world found it necessary to mislead its own people. The Politics of Lying is the first book to show how government deception, official... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394479327
• ISBN13: 9780394479323
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

govt. credibility

david wise seems to have been writing for quite a long number of years.this book results from his research and observances.time has given him a sharp focus which finds discrepancies in govt. announcements over their lifetime.he doesent condemn people but surely spokespersons now need to cut the crap and either keep quiet or just tell the truth only, no more lies.includes excellent index and chapter notes.this book urges me to look at some of his others.

Experience with the Politics of Lying

I consider myself fortunate to have read "The Politics of Lying" by David Wise when it was first published at the time that I began my career as an airline pilot 30 years ago. The author's insight made it possible for me to understand much better the seemingly contradictory, illogical, malfunctioning government that I served as a Marine in [SE Asia]. I would also highly recommend "The Invisible Government" by David Wise to better understand how highly paid lobbyists for airlines and for defense contractors manage to raid the nation's tax revenues on behalf of their clients whenever necessary to compensate for their own mistakes without fear of enforcement of compliance issues. For instance, after the most disastrous day in aviation history on 9/11/2001, the FAA Rapid Response Team requested suggestions from the public concerning immediate actions that should be taken to protect the public from further aviation terrorism. As an airline Captain with many years of Boeing aircraft piloting experience, I suggested that aircraft be modified to provide the crew with sensor information about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in the cargo or clues about missiles being fired at the aircraft (e.g., TWA 800). In spite of more than a year of unpaid lobbying and my filing of a whistleblower claim, the aircraft manufacturers and airline operators have still managed to convince the government not to take any practical steps to mitigate the problem of unscreened cargo until an incident actually happens. The subject has been classified to hide the lack of progress. Meanwhile the [money] that would be required to modify 10,000 aircraft at [a price] is being wasted through airline subsidies that don't address this continuing risk to the American public.