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Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-
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Snowden, Edward J., 1983-
United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States.
Electronic surveillance -- United States.
Whistle blowing -- United States.
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Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-
Snowden, Edward J., 1983-
United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States.
Electronic surveillance -- United States.
Whistle blowing -- United States.
MARC Display
How
America
lost
its
secrets
:
Edward
Snowden
, the
man
and the
theft
/
Edward
Jay Epstein.
by
Epstein,
Edward
Jay, 1935-
Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Call #:
327.1273 E64h
Subjects
Snowden
,
Edward
J., 1983-
United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States.
Electronic surveillance -- United States.
Whistle blowing -- United States.
ISBN:
9780451494566 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Edward
Snowden
, the
man
and the
theft
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 350 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Snowden
's trail : Hong Kong, 2014 --
Snowden
's arc. Tinker ; Secret agent ; Contractor ; Thief ; Crossing the Rubicon ; Hacktivist ; String puller ; Raider of the inner sanctum ; Escape artist ; Whistle-blower ; Enter Assange ; Fugitive -- The intelligence crisis. The great divide ; The crime scene investigation ; Did
Snowden
act alone? ; The question of when ; The keys to the kingdom are missing ; The unheeded warning -- The game of nations. The rise of the NSA ; The NSA's back door ; The Russians are coming ; The Chinese puzzle ; A single point of failure -- Moscow calling. Off to Moscow ; Through the looking glass ; The handler -- Conclusions : walking the cat back.
Snowden
's choices ; The espionage source ; The "war on terror" after
Snowden
-- The
Snowden
effect.
Summary:
Challenges the popular image of
Edward
Snowden
as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing
how
vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become.
"A groundbreaking, compelling investigation that convincingly challenges the popular image of
Edward
Snowden
as hacker-turned-avenging angel, while revealing
how
vulnerable our national security systems have become. In the wake of the scandal that emerged after details of American government surveillance were made public by WikiLeaks in 2013,
Edward
Snowden
, formerly an employee of an outside contractor at the NSA facility in Hawaii, became the controversial center of an international conversation about the limits of power and privacy. Had the U.S. government overstepped important boundaries in
its
anti-terrorism efforts? Was
Snowden
's
theft
of information legitimized by the nature of the
secrets
being kept from the American people? We learn in
How
America
Lost
Its
Secrets
that
Snowden
stole a great deal more than documents relating to domestic surveillance. He also stole secret documents from the NSA, the CIA, the Department of Defense, and the British cipher service revealing the sources and methods they employed in their monitoring of adversaries. He then transported these state
secrets
to an adversary country, Russia, without authorization. Which raises the question: Who is
Edward
Snowden--hero, traitor, whistle-blower, spy?
Edward
Jay Epstein brings a lifetime of journalistic and investigative acumen to bear on this question and more. Retracing
Snowden
's steps from disgruntled tech worker to international notoriety, he seeks to understand both
how
we
lost
our
secrets
and the
man
who took them. Along the way, we discover
Snowden
's sometimes troubling pseudonymous writing on the Internet, as well as aspects of his private and public life previously elided. We see that by outsourcing parts of our own security apparatus to private companies in order to save money, the government has made classified information far more vulnerable to
theft
and misuse.
Snowden
, working for one of these private companies, ultimately sought employment precisely where he could most easily gain access to the most sensitive classified information. He claims to have acted to serve his country, but in his new home, Moscow, he is treated as a prized intelligence asset in the new Cold War. With unerring insight, meticulous reporting, and the pacing of a thriller writer, Epstein follows the
Snowden
trail across the globe, unearthing revelations that shed a whole new light on one of the most controversial and fascinating events of the new millennium."--Dust jacket.
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