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