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Expanding U.S. Surveillance Powers: The Costs of Secrecy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2016

Athan Theoharis
Athan Theoharis*
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Marquette University
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 28 , Special Issue 3: Governing the Security State , July 2016 , pp. 515 - 534
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46. The companies were ITT World Communications, Western Union International, and RCA Global.

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