Bibliograph

How America lost its secrets, Edward Snowden, the man and the theft, Edward Jay Epstein

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How America lost its secrets, Edward Snowden, the man and the theft, Edward Jay Epstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How America lost its secrets

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952546865

Responsibility statement

Edward Jay Epstein

Sub title

Edward Snowden, the man and the theft

Summary

Challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Snowden's trail: Hong Kong, 2014 -- Part One: Snowden's arc -- Tinker -- Secret agent -- Contractor -- Thief -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Hacktivist -- String puller -- Raider of the inner sanctum -- Escape artist -- Whistle-blower -- Enter Assange -- Fugitive -- Part Two: The intelligence crisis -- The great divide -- The crime scene investigation -- Did Snowden act alone? -- The question of when -- The keys to the kingdom are missing -- The unheeded warning -- Part Three: The game of nations -- The rise of the NSA -- The NSA's back door -- The Russians are coming -- The Chinese puzzle -- A single point of failure -- Part Four: Moscow falling -- Off to Moscow -- Through the looking glass -- The handler -- Part Five: Conclusions: walking the cat back -- Snowden's choices -- The espionage source -- The "war on terror" after Snowden -- Epilogue: the Snowden effect

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