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Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, talks exclusively to the Guardian. The 31-year-old former intelligence analyst discusses whether he is a Russian spy, his likely fate if he returns to the US, and the relevance of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four in the age of Google.
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In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first...
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In 2013 Edward Snowden revealed to the world the systematic surveillance of global internet traffic by the US and the UK. What he revealed was simply spectacular. Ben Hammersley travels to Washington DC, New York, London and Berlin to examine the ramifications of Snowden's NSA files. Do our governments need these powers to protect us from terrorism, pedophilia and cyber criminality? Or should we fight for the right to privacy online?
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Highlights the life of computer programmer Edward Snowden who leaked top-secret documents about the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs to the press. Discusses the controversy surrounding Snowden, what has changed as a result of his whistleblowing, and what the future holds for him. Includes a chronology, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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"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...
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From the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Angler, the definitive narrative of Edward Snowden and the modern surveillance state. When Edward Snowden gave Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald each a vast and explosive archive of highly classified NSA files, he, and they, touched off an ongoing global controversy. But for Gellman, the initial scoop was only the beginning of a deep investigation...
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Is Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a criminal? In 2013, Snowden, a former CIA analyst with access to classified information, illegally downloaded an estimated 1.7 million files and released thousands of them to the public. These documents revealed extensive spying by the National Security Agency and ignited a broad debate over national security and people's right to privacy. Were Snowden's actions justified?
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"In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's...
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Frontline investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. As big technology companies encouraged users to share more and more information about their lives, they created a trove of data that could be useful not simply to advertisers, but also to the government. The revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden would push Silicon Valley into the center of a debate...
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"Investigative reporter for The Guardian and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald, provides an in-depth look into the NSA scandal that has triggered a national debate over national security and information privacy. With further revelations from documents entrusted to Glenn Greenwald by Edward Snowden himself, this book explores the extraordinary cooperation between private industry and the NSA, and the far-reaching consequences of the government's surveillance...
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The author weaves between the lives of these two controversial figures and creates a narrative context for a discussion of what constitutes a citizen's duty to reveal or not to reveal. He asks the question: can our government regulators, our politicians, our military-intelligence and our profit-oriented corporations be trusted to protect us from harm as well as safeguard our privacy?
14) Snowden
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As many as 1.4 million citizens with security clearance saw some or all of the same documents revealed by Edward Snowden. Why did he, and no one else, decide to step forward and take on the risks associated with becoming a whistleblower and then a fugitive? Rall delves into Snowden's early life and work experience, his personality, and the larger issues of privacy, new surveillance technologies, and the recent history of government intrusion. Rall...