The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00O5HB4CW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The result is a gripping insider narrative - and a necessary and timely account of what is at stake for all of us in the new digital age.. His whistleblowing has shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, and generated a passionate public debate on the dangers of global monitoring and the threat to individual privacy. Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government. For the first time, Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story - touching on everything from concerns abou
Great book to read before seeing CitizenFour academy awarded documentary! Thank you to all that participated to help open everyone's eyes to the level of survellience we currently are subjected to! Loved reading this to get so much more in depth info on Snowdens personality, motivations and his intricate planning and his thought processes on how he came to feel his NSA work was a violation to the constitution and risking our freedoms as Americans. This book gave much more detailed info than any medi. Seldom has there been a man with a more powerful Seldom has there been a man with a more powerful morality than Edward Snowden. There are those who rightly claim that he broke the law, but their narrow mindedness totally misses the bigger picture. He broke the law to reveal the monumental lawbreaking and lying of the American government, and he changed the course of history. Those who say he had other ways to do it need to read this book. He was true to the principles of the. "AMAZING story, told clearly, preceisely, and in an even-handed way by a witness in the front row!" according to Dane. I read this book on my Kindle, and it was some of the best money I've ever spent on Amazon. The story is quite simply amazing, and the telling of it by Luke Harding, one of the journalists tasked with going through all the stolen NSA documents, is even-handed, and does not seek to convince the reader of anythingonly to present the facts, and tell the story. I had already seen the Frontline/ProPublica documentary on these progr