The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State

by Shane Harris

Book Overview

An explosive look at the domestic agencies charged with spying on all of us Given recent terrorist events in the U.S. and the document leaks by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, The Watchers is more timely than ever, drawing on access to political and operational insiders to create a brilliant expos of why and how the American government spies on its own citizens. Born in the wake of the 1983 massacre of 241 Marines in Beirut, the domestic surveillance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143118900
• ISBN13: 9780143118909
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher