PermanentRecord

In "Permanent Record," Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, takes the reader on a journey through his life. The book covers his childhood in the bucolic Beltway suburbs as well as his adulthood spent working for clandestine agencies like the CIA and NSA. A bright young man who grew up online, Snowden helped build a system of mass surveillance that could pry into the private lives of every person on earth. However, he was moved to expose the system to the world, which resulted in a shocking revelation that the United States government had been secretly pursuing means of collecting every single phone call, text message, and email.

Written with wit, passion, and an unflinching candor, "Permanent Record" is a crucial memoir of our digital age. It is destined to be a classic as Snowden, now in exile, becomes the conscience of the internet.

作者简介

EdwardJoseph"Ed"SnowdenisanAmericancomputerprofessionalwholeakedclassifiedinformationunveilingmass-surveillanceatanunimaginedscalefromintelligenceagenciestomainstreammediawhichcreatedripplesacrosstheglobe