Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Suffering - Medium -- Image -- Deception -- Secrecy -- Character -- insiders -- Privacy -- Power -- Propaganda -- Litigation -- Veritas.

"This ... work of nonfiction explores the philosophy of a new mass movement of truth-tellers; its ethics, impacts on privacy, guidelines about deception, the discovery process of litigation, and the tension between secrecy and transparency--compiled from over a decade of investigative reporting coupled with a vast reference of philosophical research that pertains to the trials and tribulations of an American Muckraker in the information age"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.