Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite

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

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Overview: 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, they involve the embarrassment of political figures, disclosure of mismanagement, incompetence and corruption and even outright criminality