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100 1 _aHarding, Luke,
_d1968-
245 1 4 _aThe Snowden files :
_bthe inside story of the world's most wanted man /
_cLuke Harding.
250 _aFirst Vintage Books Edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bVintage Books, A Division of Random House LLC,
_c2014.
300 _a346 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Originally published in Great Britain by Guardian Books, London, and Faber and Faber Ltd., London, in 2014."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"The story of Edward Snowden and his shocking surveillance revelations"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aSnowden, Edward J.,
_d1983-
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNational Security Agency.
650 0 _aWhistle blowing
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLeaks (Disclosure of information)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDomestic intelligence
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aElectronic surveillance
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aComputer crimes
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security.
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650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
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650 7 _aTRUE CRIME / Espionage.
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