National security and double government

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Trumanite Newtork

Origins

Operation

Threat Exaggeration

Secrecy

Conformism

3. The Sources of Madisonian Illusion

4. The Reality of Madisonian Weakness

The Judiciary

The Congress

The Presidency

A Case Study: NSA Surveillance

5. Plausible Alternative Explanations for Policy Continuity

The Rational Actor Model

The Government Politics Model

The Organizational Behavior Model

Membership, Culture, and Purposes

Standard Operating Procedures and Change

Risk Assessment

Power Allocation and Enhancement

Information Flows and Network Outputs

The Network Model

The Myth of Alternative Competing Hypotheses

6. Is Reform Possible? Checks, Smoke, and Mirrors

Strengthening Systematic Checks

Government Cultivation of Civic Virtue

7. Conclusion

Notes

Index