Chasing Ghosts : The Policing of Terrorism.

Cover -- Series -- Chasing Ghosts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction Counting Ghosts -- Part One The Ghosts -- Chapter One Official Perceptions: The Threat Matrix -- Chapter Two Public Perceptions: Perpetual Anxiety and War Wariness -- Chapter Three Terrorism and the United States -- Chapter Four The Foreign Adversary and the Myth of the Mastermind -- Part Two The Chase -- Chapter Five Evaluating the Counterterrorism Enterprise -- Chapter Six The Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Chapter Seven The National Security Agency -- Chapter Eight The Department of Homeland Security -- Chapter Nine Local and Airport Police -- Conclusion -- Horrible Imaginings and Painted Devils -- Appendix A. The Cases: Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11 -- Appendix B. Assessing the Costs Inflicted by Terrorism -- Appendix C. Marginal Costs and Benefits of FBI Counterterrorism Expenditures -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biographies -- Index.

Chasing Ghosts exposes the ill-founded paranoia that has allowed the national security state to both feed at the public trough and undermine America's civil liberties tradition.

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