The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on AmericaJames Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public. The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American’s data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America’s liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here. |
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User Review - Paul_S - LibraryThingI expected this to have had been made obsolete by (now not so) recent findings but was surprised how much was already widely known even then. Somehow that's not how I remembered it but there it is ... Read full review
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User Review - tmph - LibraryThingAi, yi, yi. Must read about US Intelligence both foreign and domestic; the NSA; the telecoms; the foreign hardware/software companies involved. Whew. Read full review
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| Title | The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America |
| Author | James Bamford |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0385528396, 9780385528399 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / American Government / National Political Science / Civil Rights Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage |
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