Secret Power
WikiLeaks and Its Enemies
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Ken Loach
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Sarah Powell
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*Winner of the European Award for Investigative And Judicial Journalism 2021*
*Winner of the Premio Alessandro Leogrande Award for Investigative Journalism 2022*
*Winner of the Premio Angelo Vassallo Award 2022*
'I want to live in a society where secret power is accountable to the law and to public opinion for its atrocities, where it is the war criminals who go to jail, not those who have the conscience and courage to expose them.'
It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organization WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files, and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power.
Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organization for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks.
With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi’s tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups.
At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and truthtellers.
©2022 Stefania Maurizi, Ken Loach, Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli (P)2023 Pluto PressListeners also enjoyed...
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'A rigorous, compelling and highly readable reconstruction of the WikiLeaks case. I highly recommend this work. No one conveys better the urgency of averting the extradition and prosecution of Assange.' (Daniel Ellsberg, US whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers)
'Stefania Maurizi's book on the persecution of Julian Assange is the definitive text on this tragedy. To read it is to resist, it is a must read. Free Assange.' (Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd)
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- By Jairus on 12-10-10
By: Andrei Soldatov, and others
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The Plot Against the President
- The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History
- By: Lee Smith
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,554
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,340
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,339
Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nunes is a national treasure.
- By Chip Atkinson on 01-30-20
By: Lee Smith
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Exonerated
- The Failed Takedown of President Donald Trump by the Swamp
- By: Dan Bongino
- Narrated by: Dan Bongino
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 868
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 742
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Story5 out of 5 stars 738
An explosive, whistle-blowing expose, Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of Donald Trump by the Swamp reveals how Deep State actors relied on a cynical plug-and-play template to manufacture the now-discredited Russiagate scandal. With the cutting analysis and insight he exhibited in his blockbuster bestseller Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump, Fox News contributor Bongino exposes who masterminded the dangerous playbook to take down Trump, their motives, and how a plan filled with faked allegations backfired.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So much potential, but failed miserably
- By G.G. on 10-01-19
By: Dan Bongino
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In Deep
- The FBI, CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"
- By: David Rohde
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
Three-quarters of Americans believe that a group of unelected government and military officials secretly manipulate or direct national policy in the United States. This sweeping exploration examines the CIA and FBI scandals of the past 50 years - from the Church Committee's exposure of Cold War abuses, to Abscam, to false intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, to NSA mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden. It then investigates the claims and counterclaims of the Trump era, and the relentless spread of conspiracy theories online and on-air.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pure Propaganda
- By S Wilkey on 05-21-20
By: David Rohde
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The Fall of the FBI
- How a Once Great Agency Became a Threat to Democracy
- By: Thomas J. Baker
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Americans have lost faith in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an institution they once regarded as the world’s greatest law-enforcement agency. Thomas Baker spent many years with the FBI and is deeply troubled by this loss of faith. Specific lapses have come to light and each is thoroughly discussed in this book: Why did they happen? What changed? The answer begins days after the 9/11 attacks when the FBI underwent a significant change in culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We have to stop them
- By E B. on 07-01-23
By: Thomas J. Baker
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 848
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 730
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 733
We think of the FBI as America’s police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau’s first and foremost mission. Enemies is the story of how presidents have used the FBI as the most formidable intelligence force in American history. This is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
By: Tim Weiner
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Pay Any Price
- Greed, Power, and Endless War
- By: James Risen
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 255
Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses - and until this audiobook, it has worked very hard to cover them up.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If you care about our liberties, read this book.
- By John L. Moncrief on 11-02-14
By: James Risen
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Active Measures
- The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
- By: Thomas Rid
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 312
We live in the age of disinformation - of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national security, was one of the first to sound the alarm, even before the 2016 election. But this is not new. The story of modern disinformation begins with the clash between communism and capitalism after the Russian Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grounding book for COVID 19 Media
- By fjness on 05-12-20
By: Thomas Rid
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Killing the Deep State
- The Fight to Save President Trump
- By: Jerome R. Corsi PhD
- Narrated by: Dan Crue
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,372
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
Well-funded hard-left extremists, the mainstream media, Obama/Clinton holdovers in the government bureaucracy, and clandestine forces within the US intelligence apparatus have a strategy to ensure that Trump will not serve out his term as the 45th President of the United States. Investigative journalist and conspiracy expert Jerome Corsi goes into shocking detail about how this Deep State, or Shadow Government, secretly wields power in Washington and why it is dangerous.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Banning the Bestseller: Amazon's Childish Decision
- By JONATHAN KIMBRIEL on 04-05-18
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The Plot to Betray America
- How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 695
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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Story5 out of 5 stars 588
In The Plot to Betray America, New York Times best-selling author and renowned intelligence expert Malcolm Nance reveals exactly how President Trump and his inner circle conspired, coordinated, communicated, and eventually strategized to commit the greatest acts of treachery in the history of the United States: Compromising the presidential oath of office in exchange for power and personal enrichment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Read
- By Customer on 11-14-19
By: Malcolm Nance
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Shadow State
- Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Remaking of the West
- By: Luke Harding
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Moscow’s support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election has grown into the biggest political scandal of modern times. Its American players are well-known. In Shadow State, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Luke Harding reveals the Russians behind the story: the spies, hackers, and internet trolls. Harding charts how the Kremlin has updated Communist-era methods of influence and propaganda for the age of Facebook and Twitter, and considers the compelling question of our age: what exactly does Vladimir Putin have on President Trump?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reader is mispronouncing words!
- By Jonathan on 07-20-20
By: Luke Harding
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Postgate
- How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism
- By: John O'Connor
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In an era when numerous modern media outlets rail about the guilt of their political enemies for speaking untruths, Postgate proves that the media can often credibly be viewed as the party actually guilty of deception. Americans today mistrust the major media more than ever. Postgate will prove that this distrust is richly deserved.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Blah, blah, Nixon Bad, blah, blah Washington Post Bad, blah, blah...
- By JBSmoove2 on 01-07-21
By: John O'Connor
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This Machine Kills Secrets
- How Wikileakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
The machine that kills secrets is a powerful cryptographic code that hides the identities of leakers and hacktivists as they spill the private files of government agencies and corporations bringing us into a new age of whistle blowing. With unrivaled access to figures like Julian Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and Jacob Applebaum, investigative journalist Andy Greenberg unveils the group that brought the world WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, and BalkanLeaks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good writing, a little outdated by now
- By Sam on 08-08-15
By: Andy Greenberg
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935 Lies
- The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
- By: Charles Lewis
- Narrated by: Don Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction - always a formidable challenge - is now more difficult than ever, as a constant stream of questionable information pours into media outlets. Lewis argues forcefully that while data points and factoids abound, it is much harder to get to the whole truth of complex issues in time for that truth to guide citizens, voters, and decision makers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Is the Book We All Should Read
- By Chris Reich on 07-09-14
By: Charles Lewis
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The Burglary
- The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI
- By: Betty Medsger
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Betty Medsger
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 393
The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Forget Ocean's 11
- By Susie on 02-06-14
By: Betty Medsger
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Chain of Command
- The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
- By: Seymour M. Hersh
- Narrated by: Peter Friedman
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers, and outraged the Bush Administration, with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the last three years: how did America get from that clear morning in September to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Fantastic
- By Nicholas on 10-12-04
By: Seymour M. Hersh
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The inside details of Julian Assange's plight from an excellent investigative journalist who worked with him to bring information to light about the US empire's corruption.
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