Abstract
The second volume of ASIO's official history, titled The Protest Years, covering 1963 to 1975, defends the activities of the spy agency. Like Volume 1, it downplays the widespread abuses of legal and democratic rights committed by ASIO. It also minimises the impact and significance of Washington's political interventions during this politically volatile period, and presents ASIO's mass surveillance today as essential to 'national security'.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 195-199 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Alternative law journal |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization
- Whitlam, Gough, 1916-2014
- law and legislation
- national security
- radicalism