Glenn Greenwald

An investigative reporter for The Guardian and best-selling author of With Liberty and Justice for Some presents an assessment of the NSA surveillance scandal that has triggered debates over national security and information privacy to explore its alliances and consequences. 150,000 first printing.

Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

No Place to Hide

Pratik M

Wilde

'I have nothing to hide, I don't care if the NSA has my data.' If this is what you think then you need to read this book and think again. 'A man who trades his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep/ doesn't deserve the both of them and neither shall he keep.' 

The things they do should belong in the realm of science fiction, or conspiracy theorists or satire. But it's not and we need to be angry about it.

Greenwald does come across as a bit of a tool at times, but that doesn't mean he, Laura and Snowden (and Miranda) haven't done an extraordinary thing by getting this information out there at the risk of their liberty and, arguably, lives. Definitely going to read his other books.

The New York Times Bestseller In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency's widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. As the arguments rage on and the government considers various proposals for reform, it is clear that we have yet to see the full impact of Snowden's disclosures. Now for the first time, Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity ten-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian, and revealing fresh information on the NSA's unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen documents entrusted to him by Snowden himself. Going beyond NSA specifics, Greenwald also takes on the establishment media, excoriating their habitual avoidance of adversarial reporting on the government and their failure to serve the interests of the people. Finally, he asks what it means both for individuals and for a nation's political health when a government pries so invasively into the private lives of its citizens—and considers what safeguards and forms of oversight are necessary to protect democracy in the digital age. Coming at a landmark moment in American history, No Place to Hide is a fearless, incisive, and essential contribution to our understanding of the U.S. surveillance state.

Keven Wang

i have bought this book in support of Greenwald. As he just left his previous news agency. 

Greenwald is a shining example of good journalism

Caitlin Snyder

(+) I learned alot more details about the files that Snowden leaked and the history of the NSA's surveillance 

(-) Alot of the graphics and excerpts from the files were difficult to understand and not explained well enough. Greenwald stated that in order to help reporters understand all the acronyms in files, Snowden gave them a dictionary of some sort. Yet Greenwald didn't put this in the book at all and I got confused by all the acronyms. Also one chapter is completely about the attacks made against Greenwald by the government and reporters. While I get the point he was trying to make, it didn't need to take an entire chapter. I felt like he just included this chapter to say what he couldn't at the time, not to inform the reader.

Tyler Jefford

Very interesting book following the journalist who was in contact with Snowden during the initial NSA leaks. The book goes in depth to some programs that the US Government was using to monitor citizens activity and touches on the technology needed for these big operations. The author does a great job of citing interviews with top security officials and even the president, then disproving the interviews with documents that leaked.

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By Glenn Greenwald, star of Citizenfour, the Academy Award-winning documentary on Edward Snowden In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the twenty-nine-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency's widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security and information privacy. Now Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity eleven-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian, and revealing fresh information on the NSA's unprecedented abuse of power with documents from the Snowden archive. Fearless and incisive, No Place to Hide has already sparked outrage around the globe and been hailed by voices across the political spectrum as an essential contribution to our understanding of the U.S. surveillance state.

No Place to Hide Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

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