TOP SECRET AMERICA
SEPTEMBER 2011 HARDCOVER
Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State
Dana Priest and William Arkin
978-0-316-18221-8, $29.99
The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top Secret America, award-winning reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin uncover the enormous consequences of this invisible universe of over 1,300 government facilities; nearly 2,000 outside contractors; and more than 850,000 people granted “Top Secret” security clearance. A landmark exposé of a new, secret “Fourth Branch” of American government, Top Secret America is sure to spark national and international alarm.
About the author: Dana Priest is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and has received multiple Pulitzer prizes.
William M. Arkin has been a columnist and reporter with the Washington Post since 1998. He lives in Vermont.
Publicity tour: New York, Washington, DC and Pittsburgh.
Publicity contact: Nicole Dewey, nicole.dewey@hbgusa.com and Carolyn O’Keefe, carolyn.okeefe@hbgusa.com
