Since 9/11 governments as diverse as the US, the UK, France and Australia have introduced tough legislation to intimidate the legitimate activities of a probing press, in such great need after the Iraq War proved that executive government could not be trusted. Through detailed research and analysis, this book, which includes interviews with leading figures in the field, including Edward Snowden, explains how mass surveillance and anti-terror laws are of questionable value in defeating terrorism, but have had a 'chilling effect' on one of the foundations of democracy, revelatory journalism.