Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington [SIGNED]

Attkisson, Sharyl

Published by Harper, New York, 2014

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As new condition black boards/black spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Quote; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Prologue: Big Brother: My Computer's Intruders; Conclusion: The "Sheryl Attkisson Problem"; and Index. Signed and inscribed by the author with thick black Sharpie/marker at the center of the blank first free front endpaper. Fifth Printing. "Who's been hacking Sharyl Attkisson's computers? Computers that turn themselves on in the night, make strange noices, then shut themselves down. Whoever is doing it is using highly sophisticated spyware available only to our top intelligence agencies. Is someone sending Attkisson a message? Washington, D.C. has always been a tough town for investigative journalists. But in the age of Obama, the government has taken the tried-and-true techniques of bureaucratic stonewalling to unprecedented heights. What's more, it has added harassment, intimidation, and outright spying to the mix. Through more than thirty years as an award-wining investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson fought tirelessly to uncover wrongdoing by those in power, whether major corporations, government officials, or presidential administrations of both parties. But when she started looking into stories involving the Obama administration's mistakes and misjudgments in a series of high-profile cases - stories few in mainstream journalism would touch - she was confronted with the administration's use of hardball tactics to discourage, block, and actively supress her investigative work. A dogged reporter with a well-earned reputation as a "pit bull," Attkisson filed a series of groundbreaking stories on the Fast and Furious gunwalking program, Obama's green energy boondoggle, the unanswered questions about Benghazi, and the disastrous rollout of Obamacare. Her news reports were met with a barrage of PR warfare tactics, including emails and phone calls up the network chain of command, criticism from paid-for commenters and bloggers, and a campaign of character assassination that continues to this day. Most disturbing of all, Attkisson reveals that as she broke news on Fast and Furious and Benghazi, her computers and phone lines were hacked and bugged by an unrevealed but tremendously sophisticated party. Stonewalled is the story of the Obama administration's efforts to monitor journalists, intimidate and harass opposition groups, and spy on private citizens. But it is also a searing indictment on the timidity of the press and the dangerous decline of investigative journalism and unbiased truth telling in America today." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "Attkisson offers a harrowing and gripping account of journalism as practiced these days in Washington. She skillfully unveils how she discovered the secret scheme to spy on her." - Jeff Gerth, Pulitzer Prize winning former correspondent for the New York Times. "It really doesn't matter if you are left, right, or center; the facts compiled in this timely and unforgettable book speak for themselves. The erosion of First Amendment rights in our country is epidemic, as Sharyl Attkission describes in chilling personal detail. If you are not scared now, you will be." - David Kirby, former New York Times writer, bestselling author, and winner of the 2005 INvestigative Reporters and Editors Award for best book. Seller Inventory # 007749

Bibliographic Details

Title: Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the ...

Publisher: Harper, New York

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Gutman, Heidi (jacket photograph)

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition