The Snowden files

By Luke Harding

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

Description: "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"--