Snowden
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From back cover: Edward James Snowden [worked] as a systems administrator at the National Security Agency's office in Honolulu. He had a cute house and a beautiful girlfriend. He lived in paradise. One day, he went to the airport. He took with him thousands of highly classified files: documents that proved the NSA was listening to every phone call and reading every e-mail in America. Wihin weeks, he would be the world's most wanted cybercriminal -- and its biggest hero. ... Ted Rall tells Snowden's amazing story.
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I really enjoyed this! It's a quick, compelling read–more accessible than [b:No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State 18213403 No Place to Hide Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State Glenn Greenwald https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1383352779s/18213403.jpg 25637147] (which I also enjoyed) and also like, less... objective in tone? Ted Rall is very up front about considering Edward Snowden a hero and this is written in very admiring tones. Which is fine for me, because I also find Edward Snowden admirable, and I appreciate how straightforward Rall is with his POV. BUT for students looking for something objective for research... this might be trickier. Although it does have a lot of documented facts and a detailed footnotes section. The art style is fun and cartoony, kinda like a Simpsons episode about Edward Snowden. I'd recommend it to people who are maybe kinda curious about Edward Snowden, and I think a certain segment of politically engaged teen would be into this. (Teen Renata, for example, would have loved it.)
