Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State Audiobook

" It gets a little dry and disconnected at times, but this is a book that every American should read. It's a frank look at the world we've created since 9/11. One critique is that by the end you're left with a mountain of problems and not much in the way of proposed solutions or even empowerment, but "

" (Skimmed thoroughly, rather than read carefully.) Well-researched book about the mass of multiple different intelligence agencies, what they do, and how they do it. Living in the DC area, it was especially interesting to read about the sub-culture of people who work in this industry and live in the DC region and suburbs. The size and complexity of the organizations and how much is contracted out to private companies wasn't news to me but is still disturbing and something I wish received more attention. This book is a step in starting that conversation. "

" I very much enjoyed reading this book. Interesting to see how the government has added mountains of bureaucracy in its pursuit to keep us safe from terrorists and terrorism. Although much good has come from it, the effort seems redundant and costly. "

" An excellent overview of America's industrial-intelligence-military complex. "

" Good book, but now I'm all angry and depressed. "

" A very important book. Very enlightening if you care about the direction of this country and the security industrial complex that I believe would be equal to Eisenhower's warning of the military industrial complex. "

" No comments from the peanut gallery, I actually READ this one! Like, on paper! "

" I read 70 pages and put it down because I was bored. "

" A must read. Ironic though, the very system installed to protect our liberty and democracy is the very system tearing it apart. "

" A very good book, thoroughly enjoyable. I found it lacking focus and direction, at times, leaving the reader "alone" while narrating the meanders of Top Secret America. "

" A very dense read. Acronym hell. But you must read it. Otherwise the black SUVs will come after you. "

" Somewhat disquieting book but very well written. "

" Well written, well researched. Just makes me SO ANGRY at all the money the country is wasting while not making us any safer!!!! "

" Read about 200 pages, somewhat uneven writing but some interesting insights into American policy. Follows from Washington Post articles. "

" Staggering revelations on nearly every page. I went in from a civil liberties angle, but the sheer opaque bulk of the surveillance state, unaccountable, unintegrated, inefficient and drowning in raw data is a formidable policy failure in its own right. "

" Top Secret America, it turns out, is largely a bloated corpse. The number of people certified to handle classified information coupled with the insanely massive amount of information deemed secret is a recipe for failure, as this book demonstrates. Be scare, be very ascared. "

" Well written, well researched. Just makes me SO ANGRY at all the money the country is wasting while not making us any safer!!!! "

" Read about 200 pages, somewhat uneven writing but some interesting insights into American policy. Follows from Washington Post articles. "

" A very dense read. Acronym hell. But you must read it. Otherwise the black SUVs will come after you. "