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No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency’s widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. As the arguments rage on and the government considers various proposals for reform, it is clear that we have yet to see the full impact of Snowden’s disclosures.
Now for the first time, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity 10-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian, and revealing fresh information on the NSA’s unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen documents entrusted to him by Snowden himself. Going beyond NSA specifics, Greenwald also takes on the establishment media, excoriating their habitual avoidance of adversarial reporting on the government and their failure to serve the interests of the people. Finally, he asks what it means both for individuals and for a nation’s political health when a government pries so invasively into the private lives of its citizens - and considers what safeguards and forms of oversight are necessary to protect democracy in the digital age.
Coming at a landmark moment in American history, No Place to Hide is a fearless, incisive, and essential contribution to our understanding of the U.S. surveillance state.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-05-2019
Disturbing but fascinating
Well written, great narration and scary story. Slightly flabbergasted by the insights outlaid in this book and worth everyone reading to better understand the technology that works against them.
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- Vincent
- 06-02-2015
Very frightening
Edward Snowden is more of a patriot than a villain in revealing the NSA's systemic invasion of each and everyone of their basic rights of privacy.
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- Todd
- 18-08-2016
Better experienced as a read book
"No Place to Hide" gives us a great look into the circumstances surrounding one of the biggest leaks in US history. It can be broken up into three main parts. The first deals with Greenwald's contact with Snowden and their collaboration to leak the documents. The second part deals with the actual NSA systems and how they work. And finally the last section is basically an editorial commentary on surveillance and its abuse.
Whilst the first part is very interesting and revealing, the rest of book is bogged down by too much technical jargon and commentary. For example, well over an hour's worth of the audio is the actual reading of every line of certain NSA documents that were leaked.
All of it sounds roughly like "Top Secret. Com Int. Rel to USA. Five Eyes. Cont to...Redacted. Specify search parameters...etc." This goes on and on and on to the point that you just want to skip ahead or stop listening all together. This is why the book would be better read as opposed to heard.
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- Thomas
- 26-09-2016
to long and way to technical in the middle
great in the beginning.
good at the end. the last 2 chapters are very informative.
buy it to support the guy but skip the middle when he goes way overboard with technical details which could have been much better and much easier explained.
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- A C Bennett
- 17-12-2022
Informative
This is a shocking account of a truly heinous crime against not only American people but the world. This is but a small glimpse of a on going attempt to destroy Western culture and society. A spy thriller in the making based on facts not fiction. Excellent audio not to sure about reading.
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- Peter J Birch
- 23-01-2017
Great read.
Narration was good, and very easy to listen to. Interesting account of the Snowden expose!
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- Shane
- 29-06-2023
A Great Listen.
I genuinely enjoyed this book. I had heard of G.G. in the media but had not heard much more than what a media in transition (in Australia) had decided what was newsworthy.
Now onto the Snowden book...
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