The rise of the fusion-intelligence complex: A critique of political surveillance after 9/11

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-60

  Newkirk, Anthony B ^a  

^a PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79961036913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v8i1.3473     Document Type: Article

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