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Table of contents :
Introduction: The Paradox
PART I FROM THE REVOLUTION TO 9/11
1. Truths
2. Corruption
3. Treason
4. Business
PART II THE INTERNET AGE
5. Secrecy
6. Surveillance
7. Snowden
8. Malevolence
Conclusion: Why America Needs Whistleblowers
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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