No Place to Hide (eBook, ePUB)

In this groundbreaking exposé, Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the NSA surveillance scandal, reveals the full extent of government spying and the fight to protect privacy in the digital age.In May 2013, Greenwald journeyed to Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source claiming to have evidence of pervasive government spying. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose revelations triggered a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. The full impact of Snowden‘s disclosures is still unfolding.In No Place to Hide, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity ten-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the NSA‘s surveillance, and revealing fresh information on the agency‘s unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen documents from Snowden himself.Going beyond NSA specifics, Greenwald critiques the establishment media‘s habitual avoidance of adversarial reporting on the government. He asks what it means for democracy when a government so invasively pries into the private lives of its citizens-and what safeguards are needed.At a landmark moment in history, No Place to Hide is a fearless and essential contribution to the understanding of the U.S. surveillance state. It highlights the urgent need to protect privacy in an era of increasing digital surveillance.