The Listeners : A History of Wiretapping in the United States
Brian Hochman
They've been listening for longer than you think. A new history reveals how--and why.
Wiretapping
is nearly as old as electronic communications. Telegraph operators
intercepted enemy messages during the Civil War. Law enforcement
agencies were listening to private telephone calls as early as 1895.
Communications firms have assisted government eavesdropping programs
since the early twentieth century--and they have spied on their own
customers too. Such breaches of privacy once provoked outrage, but today
most Americans have resigned themselves to constant electronic
monitoring. How did we get from there to here?
In The Listeners,
Brian Hochman shows how the wiretap evolved from a specialized
intelligence-gathering tool to a mundane fact of life. He explores the
origins of wiretapping in military campaigns and criminal confidence
games and tracks the use of telephone taps in the US government's wars
on alcohol, communism, terrorism, and crime. While high-profile
eavesdropping scandals fueled public debates about national security,
crime control, and the rights and liberties of individuals, wiretapping
became a routine surveillance tactic for private businesses and police
agencies alike.
From wayward lovers to foreign spies, from
private detectives to public officials, and from the silver screen to
the Supreme Court, The Listeners traces the long and surprising
history of wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping in the United
States. Along the way, Brian Hochman considers how earlier generations
of Americans confronted threats to privacy that now seem more urgent
than ever.
Wiretapping
is nearly as old as electronic communications. Telegraph operators
intercepted enemy messages during the Civil War. Law enforcement
agencies were listening to private telephone calls as early as 1895.
Communications firms have assisted government eavesdropping programs
since the early twentieth century--and they have spied on their own
customers too. Such breaches of privacy once provoked outrage, but today
most Americans have resigned themselves to constant electronic
monitoring. How did we get from there to here?
In The Listeners,
Brian Hochman shows how the wiretap evolved from a specialized
intelligence-gathering tool to a mundane fact of life. He explores the
origins of wiretapping in military campaigns and criminal confidence
games and tracks the use of telephone taps in the US government's wars
on alcohol, communism, terrorism, and crime. While high-profile
eavesdropping scandals fueled public debates about national security,
crime control, and the rights and liberties of individuals, wiretapping
became a routine surveillance tactic for private businesses and police
agencies alike.
From wayward lovers to foreign spies, from
private detectives to public officials, and from the silver screen to
the Supreme Court, The Listeners traces the long and surprising
history of wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping in the United
States. Along the way, Brian Hochman considers how earlier generations
of Americans confronted threats to privacy that now seem more urgent
than ever.
年:
2022
出版:
1
出版社:
Harvard University Press
语言:
english
页:
368
ISBN 10:
0674275721
ISBN 13:
9780674275720
文件:
EPUB, 27.59 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2022
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