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Its been a long time since I read an entire book in one sitting.
I find the most disturbing part of this entire story to be the way in which the appointed talking heads tried to slander Greenwald and Snowden afterwards. The story here isn't as much about what the NSA is collecting and what it isn't, as it is about how the powers that be don't like dissenting thought and how easy it is to turn the propaganda machine against someone.
Americans have become desensitized to losing their privacy. What ...more
I find the most disturbing part of this entire story to be the way in which the appointed talking heads tried to slander Greenwald and Snowden afterwards. The story here isn't as much about what the NSA is collecting and what it isn't, as it is about how the powers that be don't like dissenting thought and how easy it is to turn the propaganda machine against someone.
Americans have become desensitized to losing their privacy. What ...more
This is an insider's report on an important topic. Unfortunately there is way too much boring, redundant, irrelevant detail about the author's personal experience (... Snowden contacted me, but I didn't answer because I was doing this other thing, and then I forgot, and then...) This is a very big picture issue, and that microscopic focus didn't seem appropriate, or very well done. This is a shame because we need more of a discussion about whistleblowing and holding powerful wrongdoers accountab
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The book was so good I had to read it in one day. It not only goes over the meeting of Snowden and getting the documents published and how the NSA is spying on everyone, it also is about the state of journalism and journalists today. They are corporations and people in bed with politicians promoting the official government view - and how can one be a true journalist when millions of dollars reside on you making your corporation happy by not rocking the boat?
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