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Fortress America: On the Front Lines of Homeland Security
Heavily armed guards at the entrances to malls and restaurants. Citizens deemed “suspicious” taken away without formal charges or legal counsel. Would a “safe” America even look like America anymore?
One of the few journalists to penetrate the new counter terror initiative, Matthew Brzezinski offers an insider’s look at the new technology, laws, tactics, and persistent vuln...more
One of the few journalists to penetrate the new counter terror initiative, Matthew Brzezinski offers an insider’s look at the new technology, laws, tactics, and persistent vuln...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
September 27th 2005
by Bantam Books
(first published 2004)
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Although the author harbors strong political prejudices, try to overlook occasional eruptions and focus on what it worthwhile in the book. He looks at different aspects of security in the USA in each of ten chapters. It is interesting and eye-opening. This is not a must-read, but it is a nice to have. An index would have been nice. The major bits of info here are the emasculation of DHA aborning, the likelihood that a bio or chemical attack will have catastrophic effects on the economy, and that...more
Pointless fear-mongering about the ills of technology. The Nazi, Russian, East German, Cambodian, and Chinese secret police forces managed to have very effective intelligence collection methods without spy satellites or the internet.
The rise of a police state has much more to do with the social and political climates of the time than it does to do with the technology available.
The rise of a police state has much more to do with the social and political climates of the time than it does to do with the technology available.
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