TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................... viii
Preface.......................................................................................................................... xvii
Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................... xxii
Ιntroduction..................................................................................................................,.......................1
The Athens Olympic "Super-Panopticon" Scandal In The Context of post-9/11
Neo - Liberal Securitization:A "Glocal" Socio-Political Approach................................,................... 5
The Organization of The Book............................................................................................................11
Part I
The ''super-panopticon'' Promise and Fiasco,and the Real Olympic Security
- The Promise of an Athenian Olympic ''Super-Panopticon''And The SAIC-Siemens C41 Fiasco....15
- The Athens 2004 Olympic Fortress Spectacle,And Experience......................................................25
Why Such an Expensice and Dubious''super-panopticon'' was Enforced
3. Post-9/11 International Security Pressures,US Intervention And Domestic Implications in View
of the Athens 2004 Olympics ........................................................................................................ 33
Part III
Additional Related Scandals: Political Connections, Bribes, and Phone Tapping
4. The SAIC-Siemens Corruption Scandal in Greece.........................................................................43
5. The Olympic Phone - Tapping Scandal:..........................................................................................63
6. SAIC, Siemens, and Vodafone asMajor Players of the
Scandalous Surveillance-Industrial Complex...................................................................................85
Part IV
The Controversial Olympic CCTV ''Dowery'' and the Resistance Against it in Post-Olympics Greece
7. Politics of the Olympic and Police CCTV Expansion
and Resistance In Post-Olympics Greece.......................................................................................101
Part V
Implications and Legacies
8. The Outrageous Olympic Security Cost and the
Devastating Total Cost of Athens 2004 Olympics..........................................................................125
9. Implications on Greek National Sovereignty,
Security, and Civil Liberties.............................................................................................................133
10. Questions and Legacies .................................................................................................................141
Bibliography...........................................................................................................................................161
Appendix of Figures..................................................................................................................................185
Index ........................................................................................................................................................221
