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abuse of, x–xii

digital age and, 102–103, 135–136

digital cowboys and, 130–134

exploiting, 109–115, 134–137

fake news, 104–105, 116, 258

free press, 109, 130

mainstream media, 17, 61, 90, 104, 116, 258

performance of, 4–9, 109–115

personalization of, xii, 102–108

privatizing, 101–144

Medvetz, Thomas, 180–181

Melber, Ari, 243–244

Merkel, Angela, 15

Messina, Jim, 245

metaphors, 78–80, 95, 100, 271

Michaels, Patrick, 201

military generals, 158–165

military mentors, 162–165

Miller, Judith, 132–133

Miller, Paul A., 53

Mishkin, Frederic, 70

Mitchell, George, 176

Mobutu, Sese Seko, 60, 82, 91

Moffett, Toby, 59

Moravcsik, Andrew, 209

Moynihan, Brian, 31–32

Mubarak, Hosni, 59

Murdoch, Rupert, 128

N

Nagl, John, 188, 189

National Security Agency (NSA)

intelligence and, 43, 147–148, 151–154

leaks about, 133–134

privacy and, 7

“transparency” of, 102–103

Nazarbayev, Nursultan A., 248

Negroponte, John, 209

Negroponte, Nicholas, 208–210

“Neocon Core,” 53, 195

new corruption. See also corruption

bureaucracy and, 29–35

calling out, 27–39

examining, 48–73

explanation of, 5–10

new world corruption, 3–29

old world corruption, 5–10

unaccountability and, xi–xiii, 3–29, 33, 47–78, 84–91, 96–97, 145, 255–259, 268

Newhouse, John, 56–57, 63

Nierenberg, William, 200

nonprofit journalism, 122, 127–128

nonprofit organizations, 25, 62, 122–124, 226–230, 237–247. See also “grassroots” organizations

nonprofit politicians, 238–239

numbers, seducing with, 92–94

Nye, Joseph S., 82, 208–210

O

O’Bagy, Elizabeth, 50–52, 54–55, 64

Obama, Barack, 11, 25–26, 49–50, 58–59, 64–67, 107, 132, 158, 188–189, 242–245, 264

Obama, Michelle, 108, 173

Obiang, Teodoro, 138

Occupy Wall Street protests, 4, 132

Oddsson, David, 69, 71

Oliver, John, 116

Omidyar, Pierre, 127

Open Government Act, 264

Oreskes, Naomi, 200

Orszag, Peter, 11, 65

Other, the, 87–90, 98, 265

Ouroussoff, Alexandra, 13–14

outsourcing

accountability systems and, 33–34

deniability and, 41

of government duties, 165–166, 170–172, 199

of intelligence, 150, 154–156

think tanks and, 188

Ozieranski, Piotr, 219, 221, 223

P

Panetta, Leon, 176

Paulson, Henry, 49, 59

performance

of accountability, 30

of disclosure, 140

of media, 4–9, 109–115

professional performance culture, 105, 109, 259

for public, 117–119

of television, 109–115

of truth, xi, xii, 101–144

Perle, Richard, 53, 58, 209

Perry, William, 189

personalization of media, xii, 102–108. See also media

Peterson, Pete, 129, 185

Petraeus, David, 16–17, 19, 186–187, 190–194

Pfaff, Julia, 159

“philanthro-journalism,” 127–130

Phillips, Macon, 242

Physician Payment Sunshine Act, 222, 263

physicians, 205–206, 217–223

Plehwe, Dieter, 203

Pletka, Danielle, 211

Podesta, John, 189

Podesta, Tony, 59

Poindexter, John, 153

Poitras, Laura, 108

policymaking agencies, 17–20

Popper, Karl, 196

pornography, 101–102, 106–108

Porter, Michael, 206

Portes, Richard, 70

Pottinger, Matt, 191

“power centers,” 55, 120, 178. See also think tanks

“power cliques,” 18–19

press releases, 121–126

prestige, 205–225

principal-agent theory, 79, 91–92, 97

privatization of media, 101–144. See also media

“professional performance culture,” 105, 109, 259

professors, 205–214, 217–218, 224–225

public performance, 117–119

public relations, 121–126

public trust. See also trust

corruption and, xiii, 6–12, 28–29, 47–52, 263–268

decline of, 24, 33–35

restoring, xiii, 253, 259, 263–268

violation of, ix, 6–12, 26–29, 47–52, 72, 77, 100, 223, 252

Putin, Vladimir, 15

Putnam, Robert, 208, 211

Q

Qur’an, 8, 266

R

Reagan, Ronald, 68–69, 209

Reed, Jack, 159

regulation limits, 61–64

Reid, Harry, 50

research organizations, 178. See also think tanks

Rice, Susan, 189

Ricks, Tom, 190, 191, 192

Rivlin, Alice, 179

Rockefeller, Jay, 184–185

Rodman, Dennis, 206

Rose-Ackerman, Susan, 80

Rove, Karl, 240, 241

Rubin, Robert, 18, 23, 52, 64–68, 71, 73–75

Rudman, Warren, 176

S

Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 138

Sampson, Steven, 76, 84, 98

Sánchez, Linda, 236

Sandler, Herb, 128

Sandler, Marion, 128

Sanger, David, 190

Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 166

Scalia, Eugene, 119

Schapiro, Mary, 166

Scheppele, Kim Lane, 197–198

Schmitt, Eric, 190

Schroeder, Gerhard, 15, 53

Seitz, Frederick, 200

Selassie, Haile, 82, 91

“Senior Military Mentor” program, 163

senior military mentors, 162–164

Sewall, Sarah, 189

Shachtman, Noah, 125–126

shadow elites

corruption of, 266–271

damage by, 72–73

evading accountability, 53–57, 111, 261, 266

exploiting media, 134–137

High Priests, 206, 212–215

hoaxers, 258

networks of, 64–73, 196

think tanks, 180–185

shadow generals, 158–165

shadow government, 148–149, 156–157, 173–174

shadow intelligence community, 150–158

shadow lobbyists

corruption of, 266–271

damage by, 72–73

evading accountability, x, 53–57, 111, 168, 261, 266

exploiting media, 135–137

High Priests, 206, 212–215

professors as, 205–206

shame and, 56–61

think tanks, 55–56, 65–66, 137–145

shadow oversight, 169–170

shadow regulators, 165–173

shame

bureaucracy and, 32

ethics and, 28, 212, 223

resurrecting, 72–73

shadow lobbyists and, 56–61

“Shame is for sissies,” 56, 61

Shanker, Thom, 190

Shaw, David, 246

Sherman, Wendy, 188, 189

Shleifer, Andrei, 96–97

Shorrock, Tim, 155

Sigurgeirsdóttir, Silla, 70–71

“silos,” 33–34

Silver, Nate, 131

Silverstein, Ken, 63, 136–137, 140–141

Simmons, Ruth, 16

Simpson, Alan, 176

simulacra

explanation of, 105–109

of grassroots entities, 227–229

strength of, 122–126

of think tanks, 179

Sismondo, Sergio, 218–220, 223

Snowden, Edward, 24, 42, 107, 127, 133–134, 147–148, 151–152, 157, 176

Soros, George, 75, 130, 195–199

spies, 7, 46, 107–108, 147–148

Spitzer, Eliot, 115

Squitieri, Tom, 139

Steinberg, James, 189

Stewart, Jon, 8, 104–105, 116, 258

Stiglitz, Joseph, 98

stock markets, 13–14

Stone, Diane, 196–197

“structured unaccountability,” xii, 7, 30–47, 255–258. See also unaccountability

Stubbs, Paul, 195–199

Sullivan, Andrew, 131

Sullivan, John, 122

Summers, Lawrence, 18, 23, 25–26, 40, 52, 64–68, 71–74, 97

Sunshine Act, 222, 263

Suskind, Ron, 66–67

Sutch, Helen, 262

“SWIMNUT,” 3–4, 12

T

Taibbi, Matt, 65

Taylor, Astra, 127

Taylor, James, 201

Tea Party movement, 4, 182

“technocratic competence idea,” 40