Terrorist
acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed our attitudes to the
secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security.
In this book a
prominent group of writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter
Leahy lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia.
Their
compelling book cuts through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is
ASIO unaccountable? Is the money we spend on security worth it? Is
cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are our spies up to the job, and how do we
know anyway as we only hear about their failures? Is WikiLeaks good for human
rights? Are we trading our privacy for a false sense of security? Spooked untangles the half-truths,
conspiracy theories and controversies about
the war on terror, and is a welcome antidote to misinformation and alarm.
