Ebook: No place to hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. surveillance state
Author: Greenwald Glenn, Snowden Edward J
- Tags: Electronic surveillance, Electronic surveillance--United States, Elektronski nadzor, Leaks (Disclosure of information), Leaks (Disclosure of information)--United States, Puščanje informacij, Whistle blowing, Whistle blowing--United States, Žvižgaštvo, Snowden Edward J. -- 1983-, United States. -- National Security Agency/Central Security Service, Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States, Whistle blowing -- United States, Electronic surveillance -- United States, Puščanje informacij, Žvižgaštvo
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
- City: New York;United States;Združene države Amerike
- Edition: 1st Picador ed
- Language: English
- epub
In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency's widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. As the arguments rage on and the government considers various proposals for reform, it is clear that we have yet to see the full impact of Snowden's disclosures.
Now for the first time, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity eleven-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian, and revealing fresh information on the NSA's unprecedented...