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001 2014003457
003 DLC
005 20141205084846.0
008 140224s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014003457
020 $a9780804173520 (paperback)
020 $z9780804173537 (eBook)
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aJF1525.W45$b.H37 2014
082 00 $a327.12730092$223
084 $aPOL012000$aBIO010000$aTRU001000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHarding, Luke,$d1968-
245 14 $aThe Snowden files :$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."
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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aSnowden, Edward J.,$d1983-
610 10 $aUnited States.$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.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRUE CRIME / Espionage.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780804173520.jpg