Torture, intelligence and sousveillance in the War on Terror agenda-building struggles / Vian Bakir, Bangor University, Wales, UK.

Author/creator Bakir, Vian, 1971-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing, [2013]
Descriptionxv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture--Government policy. --Great Britain.
Torture--Government policy. --United States.
Domestic intelligence.
Military intelligence.
Torture in mass media--Political aspects.
Communication in politics.
Terrorism--Prevention.

SeriesClassical and contemporary social theory
Contents Studying torture, intelligence and media manipulation in the war on terror -- Strategic political communication, intelligence and its discontents: Manipulating and challenging intelligence -- The rise of the torture-intelligence nexus -- The sousveillance failure of John Walker Lindh -- The surprise of sousveillance at Abu Ghraib and the struggle to contain it -- The persistence of sousveillance: Baha Mousa and torture in the British military -- The absence of sousveillance: Binyam Mohamed and British intelligence agencies' complicity in torture -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-304) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013000260
ISBN9781409422556 (hardback : alk. paper)