Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; PART 1: THE CLANDESTINE AGENCIES; 1 The security scandal that the US hid from the newborn ASIO; 2 ASIO struggles with change; 3 An information gatherer mutates into a secret police agency; 4 ASIS: The government agency you pay to break the law; 5 ASD/NSA: The Five Eyes club shows the Stasi how it's done; 6 The uses and abuses of intelligence; PART 2: AN IDEAL PLACE FOR DANGEROUS TESTS AND DANGEROUS BASES; 7 Medical support for trials to keep the Asian hordes at bay; 8 The best place to test the deadliest nerve agents;Elected governments pose the greatest threat to Australians' security. Political leaders increasingly promote secrecy, ignorance and fear to introduce new laws that undermine individual liberties and magnify the risks of being dragged into a horrific new war for no good reason. It is a criminal offence to receive or publish a wide range of information unrelated to national security. Our defence weapons are so dependent on US technical support that Australia couldn't defend itself without US involvement. The Commonwealth is amassing comprehensive databases on citizens' digital fingerprints and facial recognition characteristics. True? False? Read Secret: The Making of Australia's Security State and you decide. Fresh archival material and revealing details of conversations between former CIA, US State Department and Australian officials will make you reconsider the world around you.