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Listen to the Summary of Alfred W. McCoy's In the Shadows of the American Century in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The US has long had an internal security apparatus, built step by step, war by war, for well over a century. President Obama broke with this tradition in 2011 and expanded the domestic surveillance of Americans, accelerating the process started by his Republican predecessor...
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