Democracy Declassified: The Secrecy Dilemma In National Security

Democracy Declassified takes an in-depth look at one of the most enduring and debated policy questions: how to balance secrecy with accountability. It explores instances of secrecy dilemmas through history and across the globe, including WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden and the NSA scandal, and catalogs national security institutions in democracies from the 1970s through 2006, showing evidence that oversight institutions have been expanding across time and space. Evidence is presented that countries that build and maintain oversight institutions are better able to manage foreign policy that promotes national interests.