No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security State (Paperback)

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... Michaels writes that 'whether and to what extent America will become a national security state will be decided in a very short time: within the next three, no more than five, years.' No Greater Threat is an essential reference for those who will be involved in the struggle to make sure it does not. --Susan Lantz, Indymedia

In this very important study, C. W. Michaels gives us a unique guide and commentary, based on meticulous research, to the ominous growth of the national security state. His analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act is immensely useful and a wake up call for all Americans concerned with defending our civil liberties. --Howard Zinn, author, A People's History of the United States

No Greater Threat ... sounds a shrill alarm, warning us of where we may be headed, toward a new society in which George Orwell's "Big Brother" and "The Thought Police" become all too real .... The book includes a meticulous description of each of the PATRIOT Act parts, identifies and examines 12 common characteristics of a national security state, and discusses how those characteristics are taking shape, in some places very quickly .... [we need to] get out of the minefield the USA PATRIOT Act has, despite good intentions, seeded for us. Reading Chuck Michaels' book is a start. --Christopher Gaul, The Catholic Review

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Includes review and analysis of: Homeland Security Act, "PATRIOT Act II," Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, Supreme Court decisions, "National Strategy" documents, 9-11 Commission recommendations, and various
ongoing developments nationally and internationally in the "war on terrorism."

Did America's proud history of civil liberties come tumbling down on September 11? In this searing analysis of the US Patriot Act the author seeks to start a different, parallel dialog about the "war on terrorism," to prevent it becoming a war on ourselves and a war on the Constitution. A wake-up call for Americans concerned with preserving our nation's values.

No Greater Threat: America After September 11, and the Rise of a National Security State examines the prospect that America (with the Congress and the Executive Branch in the lead) may be transforming itself into a national security culture.

The book identifies and examines 12 common characteristics of a national security state, and discusses how those characteristics are being fulfilled today (in some instances in an accelerated manner).

The book includes a meticulous description of each of the ten parts of the USA PATRIOT Act (which is often discussed, but seldom explained) and shows why the Act ranks as one of the most significant pieces of legislation in many years the Act grants broad powers to Federal investigators in surveillance, intelligence, prosecution, and inter-agency information sharing; and most of its provisions have no "sunset" but are permanent.

The book is a readable review, in plain and common sense language, of the Act's scope and breadth. A final section makes general observations on the long-term concepts of "security" versus "peace," and offers ways in which the reader can be involved in the issues.

This is the most detailed analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act and illustrates why patriotic Americans should be concerned (if not alarmed) by this country s potential move into a national security state.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 536 pages
• Publisher: Algora Publishing; 2nd edition (May 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875861547
• ISBN-13: 978-0875861548
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,901,330 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read for any Libertarian and Rights Activist, April 28, 2003

By	"aaronzwebworkz" (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This is a GREAT book. It's in-depth analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act will bring a chill to your spine with every page as you watch your Bill of Rights melt away. The further analysis of past police states will frighten you as you see the parallels being drawn in our government today.

YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!