ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edward Snowden
was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and grew up in the shadow of
Fort Meade. A systems engineer by training, he served as an officer of the Central Intelligence
Agency and worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency. He has received
numerous awards for his public service, including the Right Livelihood Award, the German
Whistleblower Prize, the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, and the Carl von Ossietzky Medal
from the International League of Human Rights. Currently, he serves as president of the board
of directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
Preface
PART ONE
1. Looking Through the Window
2. The Invisible Wall
3. Beltway Boy
4. American Online
5. Hacking
6. Incomplete
7. 9/11
8. 9/12
9. X-Rays
10. Cleared and in Love
PART TWO
11. The System
12.
Homo contractus
13. Indoc
14. The Count of the Hill
15. Geneva
16. Tokyo
17. Home on the Cloud
18. On the Couch
PART THREE
19. The Tunnel
20. Heartbeat
21. Whistleblowing
22. Fourth Estate
23. Read, Write, Execute
24. Encrypt
25. The Boy
26. Hong Kong
27. Moscow
28. From the Diaries of Lindsay Mills
29. Love and Exile
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
First published 2019 by Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC
First published in the UK 2019 by Macmillan
This electronic edition first published in the UK 2019 by Macmillan
an imprint of Pan Macmillan 20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR
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ISBN 978-1-5290-3567-4
Copyright © Edward Snowden 2019.
Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral
Jacket photograph © Platon
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accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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