The Snowden Files by Luke Harding

The Snowden Files by Luke Harding

Now a major motion picture, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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.

Luke Harding is the Moscow reporter for the London Guardian and the author of several books, including The Fifth Estate and Snowden, both of which have been adapted into films.

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ISBN 13	9780804173520
ISBN 10	0804173524
Title	The Snowden Files
Author	Luke Harding
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2014-02-07
Number of pages	352
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