Permanent Record
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden, published by Henry Holt and Company on September 1, 2020, is a 352-page memoir that delves into the life of the author, who became a pivotal figure in the discourse surrounding privacy and surveillance. In this book, Snowden recounts his journey from a young man growing up in the suburbs to a whistleblower who exposed the extensive mass surveillance practices of the U.S. government. He shares insights into his experiences within the intelligence community and the motivations that led him to reveal the truth about these operations.
Readers will find a detailed narrative that spans various phases of Snowden’s life, including his formative years and his roles within the CIA and NSA. The memoir explores themes of social activism and the implications of government surveillance on personal privacy. Through his candid storytelling, Snowden provides a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, politics, and individual rights, making Permanent Record a significant contribution to contemporary discussions on privacy and civil liberties.
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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
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 time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.
Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online—a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.
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