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Secrets and Leaks : The Dilemma of State Secrecy / Rahul Sagar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691149875
  • 9781400848201
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.3/79 352.379
LOC classification:
  • JF1525.S4 S48 2013
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Who Watches the Watchers? -- Chapter 1. The Problem -- Chapter 2. Should We Rely on Judges? -- Chapter 3. Should We Rely on Congress? -- Chapter 4. Should the Law Condone Unauthorized Disclosures? -- Chapter 5. Should We Rely on Whistleblowers? -- Chapter 6. Should We Trust Leakers? -- Conclusion. Bitter Medicine -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more often exposed by unauthorized disclosures published in the press. But should such disclosures, which violate the law, be condoned? Drawing on several cases, Rahul Sagar argues that though whistleblowing can be morally justified, the fear of retaliation usually prompts officials to act anonymously--that is, to "leak" information. As a result, it becomes difficult for the public to discern when an unauthorized disclosure is intended to further partisan interests. Because such disclosures are the only credible means of checking the executive, Sagar writes, they must be tolerated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Who Watches the Watchers? -- Chapter 1. The Problem -- Chapter 2. Should We Rely on Judges? -- Chapter 3. Should We Rely on Congress? -- Chapter 4. Should the Law Condone Unauthorized Disclosures? -- Chapter 5. Should We Rely on Whistleblowers? -- Chapter 6. Should We Trust Leakers? -- Conclusion. Bitter Medicine -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more often exposed by unauthorized disclosures published in the press. But should such disclosures, which violate the law, be condoned? Drawing on several cases, Rahul Sagar argues that though whistleblowing can be morally justified, the fear of retaliation usually prompts officials to act anonymously--that is, to "leak" information. As a result, it becomes difficult for the public to discern when an unauthorized disclosure is intended to further partisan interests. Because such disclosures are the only credible means of checking the executive, Sagar writes, they must be tolerated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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