Böcker av Athan Theoharis

An argument that domestic surveillance erodes civil liberties and fails to protect the country

Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups.

Based on research of FBI files, this text uncovers the FBI's role in espionage cases of the Cold War years. It shows how secrecy immunized FBI operations from critical scrutiny and enabled FBI officials to mask their counterintelligence failures while promoting a politics of McCarthysim.