No Place to Hide
Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
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Publisher Description
In this groundbreaking exposé, Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the NSA surveillance scandal, reveals the full extent of government spying and the fight to protect privacy in the digital age.
In May 2013, Greenwald journeyed to Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source claiming to have evidence of pervasive government spying. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose revelations triggered a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. The full impact of Snowden's disclosures is still unfolding.
In No Place to Hide, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity ten-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the NSA's surveillance, and revealing fresh information on the agency's unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen documents from Snowden himself.
Going beyond NSA specifics, Greenwald critiques the establishment media's habitual avoidance of adversarial reporting on the government. He asks what it means for democracy when a government so invasively pries into the private lives of its citizens—and what safeguards are needed.
At a landmark moment in history, No Place to Hide is a fearless and essential contribution to the understanding of the U.S. surveillance state. It highlights the urgent need to protect privacy in an era of increasing digital surveillance.
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The government's secret spying on just about everyone is laid bare in this exciting if overwrought expos . Journalist Greenwald (With Liberty and Justice for Some) broke the story of the National Security Agency's vast warrantless surveillance operations last year after receiving top-secret documents from NSA contractor Snowden, who is briefly profiled here. Greenwald's breathless narrative is itself a spy story, complete with encrypted messages, cloak-and-dagger in Hong Kong, a possible CIA break-in at his house, the detainment of his partner on trumped-up terrorism suspicions, and furious wrangles with the mainstream press, which he denounces for its chumminess with officialdom. His involved, though sometimes confusing, rundown of NSA surveillance programs, illustrated with the agency's own incriminating graphics, details extraordinary abilities to record billions of emails and phone calls daily, follow who is communicating with whom, track individuals' web searches and page visits, plant devices in servers and routers, and even use private cell phones to eavesdrop on their owners. He also demonstrates through Foucauldian history, the FBI's COINTELPRO program, and current crackdowns on activist groups how mass surveillance attempts to stifle dissent. Greenwald's great reporting highlights the collusion of government, corporations, and media to undermine notions of privacy and democratic participation. Photos.
