National Security Secrecy : Comparative Effects on Democracy and the Rule of Law (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. The Infrastructure of Secrecy in the United States: 1. Executive branch secrecy; 2. Congressional complicity; 3. An overly deferential judiciary; Part II. Comparative Perspectives on Transparency: 4. International and supranational norms; 5. The United Kingdom; 6. India; Part III. Societal Tolerance for National Security Secrecy: 7. Public and political resilience; 8. Individual privacy and secrecy: a matter of contract or a human right?; Conclusion.