Contents

Foreword 

Preface 

Part I The National Security State 

Chapter 1 The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows about You 

Reason to be afraid #1

Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding surveillance and data collection by the government-corporate complex.

Chapter 2 Official Secrets: Absolute Control

Reason to be afraid #2

Control of information by the government-corporate complex is expanding

Chapter 3 The Constitution Impaired: The Bill of Rights Annulled 

Reason to be afraid #3

The separation of powers established by the Constitution is eroding. Rights guaranteed by constitutional amendments are becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime, and informing the public of the truth is treason.

Part II The Corporate Security Complex 

Chapter 4 Zombie Bill: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die 

Reason to be afraid #4

The government-corporate surveillance complex is consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal

collaboration now seeks to legalize its special status.

Chapter 5 Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival 

Reason to be afraid #5

Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and intensive corporate lobbying.

Chapter 6 Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied 

Reason to be afraid #6

Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises.

Chapter 7 The New Regime 

Acknowledgments 

Endnotes

Index 

About the Author 

About the Government Accountability Project