The Snowden files

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"IT BEGAN WITH A TANTALIZING, ANONYMOUS EMAIL: "I AM A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY." What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by one extraordinary man. 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. 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. In a tour de force of investigative journalism that reads like a spy novel, award-winning Guardian reporter Luke Harding tells Snowden's astonishing story--from the day he left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow. For the first time, Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story--touching on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector--while also placing us in the room with Edward Snowden himself. 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"-- "The story of Edward Snowden and his shocking surveillance revelations"--

subjects: Electronic surveillance,  Leaks (Disclosure of information),  United States. National Security Agency,  United States,  Computer crimes,  Whistle blowing,  Domestic intelligence,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political,  TRUE CRIME / Espionage,  New York Times reviewed,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Political Freedom & Security,  International Security,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Political,  TRUE CRIME,  Espionage,  Geheimdienst,  Whistle-blowing,  Läckor (avslöjande av information),  Elektronisk övervakning,  Databrott,  American espionage,  Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer,  United states, national security agency/central security service,  Disclosure of information,  Electronic surveillance, united states,  Snowden, edward j., 1983-

People: Edward J. Snowden (1983-)

Places: United States