No Place to Hide - Books.Infosec.Exchange

Hardcover, 276 pages

English language

Published July 27, 2014 by Metropolitan Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-62779-073-4

(1 review)

The story of one of the greatest national security leaks in US history. In June 2013, reporter and political commentator Glenn Greenwald published a series of reports in the Guardian which rocked the world. The reports revealed shocking truths about the extent to which the National Security Agency had been gathering information about US citizens and intercepting communication worldwide, and were based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden to Greenwald. Including new revelations from documents entrusted to Greenwald by Snowden.

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Xavier Ashe reviewed No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald

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4 stars

Note: I have not watched the movie yet.

Since I am in the information security industry (which is different from the intelligence industry), this was not as eye opening as it would be for others. However, the author was very successful on two fronts.

First off, I really enjoyed the sections of the books that were retelling the events leading up to and after the initial leaks. This is what I was seeking by reading this book. I wanted the personal story of this historical event, and the author gets a B+ here. I was hoping for a bit more drama.

Secondly, this book rekindled my libertarian inclinations and left me looking for ways to fight the "man". I feel strongly that eventually history will show the US as the great aggressor, the big evil country, and tops the list as the worst at human rights, civil rights, police state, …

Note: I have not watched the movie yet.

Since I am in the information security industry (which is different from the intelligence industry), this was not as eye opening as it would be for others. However, the author was very successful on two fronts.

First off, I really enjoyed the sections of the books that were retelling the events leading up to and after the initial leaks. This is what I was seeking by reading this book. I wanted the personal story of this historical event, and the author gets a B+ here. I was hoping for a bit more drama.

Secondly, this book rekindled my libertarian inclinations and left me looking for ways to fight the "man". I feel strongly that eventually history will show the US as the great aggressor, the big evil country, and tops the list as the worst at human rights, civil rights, police state, etc... But surely I can make a change to keep this from happening somehow by being an American. I am sure that this was one of the author's goals, and he gets an A here.

Since I have followed the leaks and have read most of the articles, the meat of the book was a bit tedious, but appreciate the author laying everything out in the way he did.

In the end, Greenwald was right. This event has changed the world.