The Myth of Home Security

Ranum, Marcus J.

ISBN 10: 0471458791 / ISBN 13: 9780471458791

Published by Wiley Publishing Inc, Indianapolis, 2004

About this Item

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 244pp. The author has researched the US Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA, INS, the patriot Act and more and came to realise that there are gigantic bureaucracies that exist primarily for the sole purpose of prologing their existence. As he says in one of his quotes 'If the FBI and CIA were as effective against their enemies as they are against each other, the United States would have the best inteliigence and enforcement in the world'. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Myth of Home Security
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing Inc, Indianapolis
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471458791
• ISBN 13: 9780471458791
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

"As I write this, I'm sitting in a restaurant in a major U.S. airport, eating my breakfast with a plastic knife and fork. I worked up quite an appetite getting here two hours early and shuffling in the block-long lines until I got to the security checkpoint where I could take off my shoes, remove my belt, and put my carry-on luggage through the screening system .

"What's going on? It's homeland security. Welcome to the new age of knee-jerk security at any price. Well, I've paid, and you've paid, and we'll all keep paying-but is it going to help? Have we embarked on a massive multibillion-dollar boondoggle that's going to do nothing more than make us feel more secure? Are we paying nosebleed prices for "feel-good" measures? .

"This book was painful to write. By nature, I am a problem solver. Professionally I have made my career out of solving complex problems efficiently by trying to find the right place to push hard and make a difference. Researching the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, CIA, INS, the PATRIOT Act, and so forth, one falls into a rabbit's hole of interdependent lameness and dysfunction. I came face to face with the realization that there are gigantic bureaucracies that exist primarily for the sole purpose of prolonging their existence, that the very structure of bureaucracy rewards inefficiency and encourages territorialism and turf warfare."

About the Author

MARCUS J. RANUM is an outspoken security expert whose clients include government agencies, FORTUNE 500 companies, national governments, federal agencies, and technology firms. He has held senior scientist positions at several technology companies and is a much sought after speaker for his work as a catalyst for change in the scientific community.