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SWORN TO SECRECY OFTENTIMES, PEOPLE ARE MASKED WITH AN ARTIFICIAL THEM. THESE MASKS ARE FACES THAT
WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC EYE. SOMETIMES, NEVER DISCLOSING THE REAL US. ALONG WITH THE MASK WE HOLD ON TO BACKPACKS HARBORING EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEAVINESS. WE WALKED AROUND FOR YEARS WITH A BACKPACK FULL OF SECRETS AND CHALLENGES; NEVER BOTHERING TO OPEN OR SHARE THE ITEMS INSIDE WITH ANYONE OTHER...
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The powers of political secrecy and social spectacle have been taken to surreal extremes recently. Witness the twin terrors of a president who refuses to disclose dealings with foreign powers while the private data of ordinary citizens is stolen and marketed in order to manipulate consumer preferences and voting outcomes. We have become accustomed to thinking about secrecy in political terms and personal privacy terms. In this bracing, new work, Hugh...
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A nation that went to war thinking that it would be quick and easy, but then getting bogged down, becoming polarized, falling into financial difficulties, losing confidence in their government, looking desperately for strong leadership, and falling for conspiracy theories and false accusations about those within and without who oppose the romantic call for cultural purity and supposed morality...?
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Was Edward Snowden a patriot or a traitor?
Just how far do American privacy rights extend?
And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security?
These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of the NSA's domestic surveillance program.
In these seven previously unpublished essays, a group of prominent legal and political experts delve...
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"Shadows of Secrecy: Espionage and Intelligence in the Manhattan Project" offers an enthralling exploration into the covert operations and intelligence battles that underpinned one of the most significant scientific endeavors of the 20th century – the development of the atomic bomb. This book delves into the clandestine world of espionage that surrounded the Manhattan Project, revealing the complex web of secrecy and intrigue that was central to...
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A shocking exposé of sexual abuse and the struggle for justice at one of America's most prestigious schools
In June 2012, Amos Kamil's New York Times Magazine cover story, "Prep-School Predators," caused a shock wave that is still rippling. In his piece, Kamil detailed a decades-long pattern of sexual abuse at the highly prestigious Horace Mann School in the Bronx. After the article appeared, Kamil closely observed the fallout. While the article...
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"When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens' Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she'll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively...
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