"In a dozen short, punchy, and very readable chapters, Boghosian paints a picture of an increasingly integrated, government-corporate surveillance hydra. . . . Boghosian combines an activist's commitment and first-person experiences—along with an extensive knowledge of court decisions, government reports, whistleblower revelations, and media accounts—to tell her compelling story."--David Rosen, The Brooklyn Rail

" . . . Spying On Democracy is the most important book in circulation right now and an absolute must-read for every American"-- John Aiello, Electric Review

"Heidi Boghosian's Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance is a timely, controversial, and engaging account of government and corporate surveillance of daily life. . . . Ms. Boghosian is a gifted writer." -- Jeffrey D. Simon, The New York Journal of Books

"Spying on Democracy is an excellent collection . . . fast-paced, active, and punctuated with photographs . . . a colorful, illustrative primer on governmental and private-sector intelligence gathering. "-- Julia Horwitz, The Electronic Privacy Information Center Newsletter

"With ex-CIA staffer Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency surveillance in the headlines, Heidi Boghosian’s Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance feels especially timely. Boghosian reveals how the government acquires information from telecommunications companies and other organizations to create databases about 'persons of interest.'"

Heidi Boghosian said today: '"The Obama administration has built on the worst abuses of Bush's 'anti-terrorism' surveillance agenda, expanding and institutionalizing warrantless domestic surveillance, criminalizing certain Internet activity, tightening government secrecy, all based on increasingly secret interpretations of laws like the USA PATRIOT Act."