LEADER 02571nam 22004813 450 001 9910157831503321 005 20241107094014.0 010 $a0-451-49457-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6041663 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6041663 035 $a(OCoLC)973984271 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002963062 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009355 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow America Lost Its Secrets $eEdward Snowden, the Man and the Theft 210 $d2017 210 1$aWestminster :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2017. 210 4$d©2017. 215 $a1 online resource (355 pages) 311 $a0-451-49456-3 330 $aA groundbreaking exposé that convincingly challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable our national security systems have become?as exciting as any political thriller, and far more important. After details of American government surveillance were published in 2013, Edward Snowden, formerly a subcontracted IT analyst for the NSA, became the center of an international controversy: Was he a hero, traitor, whistle-blower, spy? Was his theft legitimized by the nature of the information he exposed? When is it necessary for governmental transparency to give way to subterfuge? Edward Jay Epstein brings a lifetime of journalistic and investigative acumen to bear on these and other questions, delving into both how our secrets were taken and the man who took them. He makes clear that by outsourcing parts of our security apparatus, the government has made classified information far more vulnerable; how Snowden sought employment precisely where he could most easily gain access to the most sensitive classified material; and how, though he claims to have acted to serve his country, Snowden is treated as a prized intelligence asset in Moscow, his new home. 606 $aNonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aPolitics$2OverDrive 606 $aTrue Crime$2OverDrive 615 17$aNonfiction. 615 7$aPolitics. 615 7$aTrue Crime. 676 $a327.12730092 686 $aPOL036000$aPOL066000$aTRU001000$2bisacsh 700 $aEpstein$b Edward Jay$0142336 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157831503321 996 $aHow America Lost Its Secrets$92795839 997 $aUNINA