Secrets and Leaks (eBook)

The Dilemma of State Secrecy

Rahul Sagar (Autor)

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2016
304 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8085-0 (ISBN)

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Rahul Sagar is Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at New York University in Abu Dhabi and Washington Square Fellow at New York University in New York.

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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 "e;leak"e; 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, and, at times, even celebrated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2016
• Vorwort: Rahul Sagar
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Abuse of authority • abuse of power • Accountability • Adviser • Allegation • Amendment • anonymity • anonymity of disclosures • attempt • black site • Branzburg v. Hayes • Censorship • Censure • Central Intelligence Agency • civil liberties • civil service • Civil Society • classified information • classified information disclosure • Committee of Secret Correspondence • Complaint • confidentiality • Congress • congressional oversight • Consideration • Constitution • Counterintelligence • Counter-Terrorism • Courts • covert operation • Crime • Criminal charge • Criticism • declaration of war • declassification • Deliberation • Democracy • Detention (imprisonment) • Director of Central Intelligence • Discretion • Espionage • Espionage Act of 1917 • Executive • Executive Power • Executive Privilege • foreign policy • Freedom of Information Act • freedom of speech • good faith • grand jury • Guideline • hostility • indictment • Informant • injunction • Intelligence agency • Intention (criminal law) • Jay Treaty • Judges • judicial deference • Judicial Review • Judiciary • Law • Law enforcement • Lawsuit • lawyer • Leaking • Legal burden of proof • Legitimacy • Member of Congress • national security • Necessity • NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–07) • nuclear proliferation • ombudsman • Pentagon Papers • plaintiff • plea • Politician • Politics • Precedent • Princeton University • Prior restraint • Prosecutor • Provision (contracting) • Publication • public disclosure • Public editor • Public Interest • ratification • Recommendation (European Union) • Reporter's privilege • retaliation • secrecy • security clearance • Self-censorship • Separation of Powers • Seymour Hersh • skepticism • Source (journalism) • statecraft • State Secrecy • Statute • subpoena • Surveillance • terrorism • The New York Times • The Public Interest • Thoughts on Government • Torture • Transparency • Treaty • unauthorized disclosure • unauthorized disclosures • Uncertainty • U.S. Congress • Violation of law • weapon of mass destruction • What Happened • Whistleblower • whistleblowers • Whistleblowing • WikiLeaks • wrongdoing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8085-8 / 1400880858
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8085-0 / 9781400880850