Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

Permanent Record

By Edward Snowden

  • Release Date: 2019-09-17
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 391 Ratings)

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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.

Reviews

  • Pretty dry.

    2
    By Fhjvgfyvv
    Really dry haha. Proud of his decisions and courage to speak up but very boring minus a few spots.
  • Great reads peaceful eye binded.

    4
    By any ciphered ndededed
    Seriously write this book again society I had to accept that it mind controlled me and I know it can be on paper and for a few pages I accepted the mind control sequence. It even notice thing about me because of word structure #programming. I had to use my video gaming skills. $$$/?$() PRODIGY Personally I decided my arrest next year are corporate and society economic scenarios even in astral projection. @stanford @edx BME EE Holistic healer schooling for life. Oh btw I’m deputized as a time time travel deputy. Even amongst ‘RANK’ and regular governments. I’m a Buddhist Christianity was a fail as safe for me and I know The Great Spirit is the come down. Structure is art now. Checks I still own a keyboard and always will. #E.U bound Aztec Indian apprentice. This book was my blockchain just an option but serious. God bless you and please close all the boards Edward Snowden caution #COVID-19
  • Very good choice if you’re thinking about reading

    5
    By Capnballen
    Very captivating I honestly got lost in this book and loved the journey through and through
  • 7 stars, not 3!

    5
    By Toso6666
    Must have mistyped. This is a must read.
  • Must read

    5
    By SpineComic
    This is an amazing book. Mr. Snowden has a very solid prose. Very detailed telling of one of the major crimes committed by an American Government Agency on American people. The bravery it took expose the truth at the age of 26, and it’s aftermath. Read the book, and encrypt your SSD.
  • Devine Hero

    5
    By Said Alharthi
    Very few people who will actually sacrifice their life for the good of others “ divine hero”
  • Exceptional

    5
    By NSAWatchList
    What a remarkable journey! Truly one of the most thought-provoking, chill-inducing books I have ever read. Thank you Ed for you service to the citizenry, both foreign and domestic, and for your unwavering courage to put the interests of the voiceless before your own.
  • Permanent Record

    5
    By Hotlew456
    An awesome read- thank you Ed Snowden!
  • Great Book!

    5
    By lucky_in_lasvegas
    I really enjoyed this book.
  • 😇

    5
    By 7687688756765
    😖

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