"When things are done in secret in our name, we can be held accountable for them, even if we can't hold accountable our government for directing it," she says.
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That lack of accountability, says Maddow, lets America's national defense operate without public oversight or knowledge.Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title Drift Subtitle The Unmooring of American Military Power Author Rachel Maddow And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public." "If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it.
"Politically, secrecy is a great excuse," Maddow tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. national intelligence agencies have taken over duties that were once assigned to the military, and how this shift has increased the public disconnect from the consequences of war. Maddow's new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power traces how U.S. And for much of that time, the popular MSNBC host has been thinking about how the United States uses military force - and how it starts and end wars. When she runs for the position, the knives are out.Rachel Maddow hosts the nightly news talk show The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.įor much of the past decade, journalist Rachel Maddow has hosted her own radio and TV shows. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. Brynn’s archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick’s death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she’s stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project-and actually getting a response-Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. In Adrienne Kisner’s Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brother’s death by drafting emails to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in this funny and heartfelt YA debut.īrynn Haper’s life has one steadying force-Rachel Maddow.
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