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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down. In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it. Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online―a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.

Author(s): Edward Snowden
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Year: 2019

Language: English
Commentary: “A riveting account... Reads like a literary thriller... Snowden pushes the reader to reflect more seriously on what every American should be asking already. What does it mean to have the data of our lives collected and stored on file, ready to be accessed―not just now, by whatever administration happens to be in office at the moment, but potentially forever?... When it comes to privacy and speech and the Constitution, his story clarifies the stakes.” ―The New York Times “Gripping... Snowden demonstrates a knack for explaining in lucid and compelling language the inner workings of [CIA and NSA] systems and the menace he came to believe they posed.” ―The Washington Post “Snowden eventually decided his loyalties lay not with the agencies he was working for, but the public they were set up to protect. He felt ordinary citizens were being betrayed, and he had a duty to explain how.... His account of the experiences that led him to take momentous decisions, along with the details he gives of his family background, serve as a robust defense against accusations that he is a traitor. It also offers a reminder that his disclosures of mass surveillance and bulk collection of personal information are as relevant now as they were in 2013.” ―The Guardian “Even for those of us who’ve followed the Snowden revelations closely, Permanent Record is full of surprises.... A deeply reluctant whistleblower, Snowden also emerges as a peculiarly American patriot, with roots that go back to Plymouth Rock.... As his memoir makes clear, all the techniques he exposed in 2013 remain in place. For that renewed warning―and for finally speaking for himself―he deserves our thanks.” ―The Nation “Well-written... Snowden’s descriptions of the real impact of the various surveillance systems he disclosed―stripped of abstract concepts and technical jargon―are some of the most disturbing parts of the book.... Offers a useful reminder of the god-like omniscience that digital data can bestow on those with the power to collect it all.” ―The Economist
Pages: 263

Title Page......Page 2
Dedication......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Part One......Page 11
1. Looking Through the Window......Page 12
2. The Invisible Wall......Page 18
3. Beltway Boy......Page 28
4. American Online......Page 32
5. Hacking......Page 41
6. Incomplete......Page 49
7. 9/11......Page 55
8. 9/12......Page 61
9. X-Rays......Page 66
10. Cleared and in Love......Page 74
Part Two......Page 81
11. The System......Page 82
12. Homo contractus......Page 87
13. Indoc......Page 95
14. The Count of the Hill......Page 107
15. Geneva......Page 117
16. Tokyo......Page 128
17. Home on the Cloud......Page 146
18. On the Couch......Page 158
Part Three......Page 164
19. The Tunnel......Page 165
20. Heartbeat......Page 169
21. Whistleblowing......Page 175
22. Fourth Estate......Page 186
23. Read, Write, Execute......Page 196
24. Encrypt......Page 203
25. The Boy......Page 210
26. Hong Kong......Page 219
27. Moscow......Page 228
28. From the Diaries of Lindsay Mills......Page 238
29. Love and Exile......Page 248
Notes......Page 257
Acknowledgments......Page 258
About the Author......Page 260
Copyright......Page 263