Книга: Robert M. Pallitto, William G. Weaver «Presidential Secrecy and the Law»
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Производитель: "The Johns Hopkins University Press" State secrets, warrantless investigations and wiretaps, signing statements, executive privilege - the executive branch wields many tools for secrecy. Since the middle of the twentieth century, presidents have used myriad tactics to expand and maintain a level of executive branch power unprecedented in this nation`s history. Most people believe that some degree of governmental secrecy is necessary. But how much is too much? At what point does withholding information from Congress, the courts, and citizens abuse the public trust? How does the nation reclaim rights that have been controlled by one branch of government? With Presidential Secrecy and the Law, Robert M. Pallitto and William G. Weaver attempt to answer these questions by examining the history of executive branch efforts to consolidate power through information control. They find the nation`s democracy damaged and its Constitution corrupted by staunch information suppression, a process accelerated when `black sites,`... ISBN:9780801885839, 978-0-8018-8583-9 Издательство: "The Johns Hopkins University Press" (2007)
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