Was he? Had he?
Corey Robin: In the Name of Security, 19 October 2006
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
by David Johnson.
Chicago, 277 pp., £13, May 2006,0 226 40190 1 Show More
by David Johnson.
Chicago, 277 pp., £13, May 2006,
Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security
by David Cole and James Dempsey.
New Press, 320 pp., £10.99, March 2006,1 56584 939 6 Show More
by David Cole and James Dempsey.
New Press, 320 pp., £10.99, March 2006,
General Ashcroft: Attorney at War
by Nancy Baker.
Kansas, 320 pp., £26.50, April 2006,0 7006 1455 9 Show More
by Nancy Baker.
Kansas, 320 pp., £26.50, April 2006,
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen.
Free Press, 240 pp., £18.99, January 2006,0 7432 7578 0 Show More
by James Risen.
Free Press, 240 pp., £18.99, January 2006,
Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush
by Eric Boehlert.
Free Press, 352 pp., $25, May 2006,0 7432 8931 5 Show More
by Eric Boehlert.
Free Press, 352 pp., $25, May 2006,
“... unions. The effects of this outsourcing of repression are particularly visible in the media. As Eric Boehlert shows in Lapdogs, his scathing and exhaustively researched critique of contemporary journalism, the US media practises a form of censorship that must be the envy of tyrants everywhere. Without the government lifting a finger, informal pressure ... ”
