Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie: Forms of the Secret in US Political Rhetoric

Introduction: The secret's forms -- The secret episteme : a genealogy of political crisis -- The secret in and of discourse : hidden depths and open surfaces -- The scandal : George W. Bush and the exposure of Valerie Plame Wilson -- The dog whistle : weaponizing Saul Alinsky in the Obama years -- The leak : sexual caricature and the national security state -- The detective : settler subjects and neocolonial warfare -- Twisted endings : the secret in and of the deep state.