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Electronic surveillance Electronic surveillance United States Leaks (Disclosure of information) Leaks (Disclosure of information) United States Snowden, Edward J 1983- United States United States. National Security Agency. United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service. Whistle blowing Whistle blowing United StatesSnowden, Edward J.
Summary: "In 2013, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SNOSummary: The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SNOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNO RATED REpstein, Edward Jay
Summary: Challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 EPSSummary: With unprecedented access, this behind-the-scenes chronicle follows director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CIT RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CITSheinkin, Steve
Summary: Presents the story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 959.7 SHEMueller, Tom
Summary: The author forces readers to confront fundamental questions about the balance between free speech and state secrecy, and between individual rights and corporate power as he traces the rise of whistleblowing through a series of riveting cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 MUESheinkin, Steve.
Summary: "The story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 959.7 SHEHarding, Luke
Summary: Discusses the infamous intelligence breach brought about by Edward Snowden, including the dangers of global monitoring, how Snowden managed to leave the country with a hard drive full of secrets, and his battle for asylum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 327.1202 HARSummary: Is Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a criminal? In 2013, Snowden, a former CIA analyst with access to classified information, illegally downloaded an estimated 1.7 million files and released thousands of them to the public. These documents revealed extensive spying by the National Security Agency and ignited a broad debate over national security and people's right to privacy. Were Snowden's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2014
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Howley, Kerry
Summary: "Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections--a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed. In this groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction, Kerry Howley investigates the curious implications of living in the age of the indelible. Howley's subjects face a challenge new to history: they are imprisoned by their past selves,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.3 HOWMedsger, Betty.
Summary: An account of the 1971 break-in of the FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists cites their roles in triggering major changes in the FBI and confirming that J. Edgar Hoover had run a personal shadow-FBI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 MEDRall, Ted.
Summary: As many as 1.4 million citizens with security clearance saw some or all of the same documents revealed by Edward Snowden. Why did he, and no one else, decide to step forward and take on the risks associated with becoming a whistleblower and then a fugitive? Rall delves into Snowden's early life and work experience, his personality, and the larger issues of privacy, new surveillance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 RALSummary: When Edward Snowden began leaking NSA documents in June 2013, his actions sparked impassioned debates about electronic surveillance, national security, and privacy in the digital age. The Snowden Reader looks at Snowden’s disclosures and their aftermath. Critical analyses by experts discuss the historical, political, legal, and ethical issues raised by the disclosures. Over forty key documents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 SNOChatterjee, Pratap
Summary: "9/11 not only marked the worst domestic terror attack in U.S. history, but also unleashed electronic spying by the government on a massive worldwide scale. In a wholly original and engaging telling, Verax ("truth-teller" and one of Edward Snowden's code names) recounts the full story of American electronic surveillance post 9/11, in brilliant comics form" -- provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.127 CHASkarsgard, Alexander
Summary: Andrew Briggman, a young soldier in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, struggles with reporting his fellow recruits and their sadistic sergeant after witnessing the killing of innocent civilians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KILBolkovac, Kathryn.
Summary: "When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Bolkovac was shipped out to Bosnia, where DynCorp had been contracted to support the UN peacekeeping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 BOLGoodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan)
Summary: ""Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military. he is also telling us how to save ourselves."--Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker "Whistleblower at the CIA offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes world of U.S. intelligence. Melvin A. Goodman's first-person account of the systematic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOODMAN, MELVIN A GOOGreenwald, Glenn
Summary: "Investigative reporter for The Guardian and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald, provides an in-depth look into the NSA scandal that has triggered a national debate over national security and information privacy. With further revelations from documents entrusted to Glenn Greenwald by Edward Snowden himself, this book explores the extraordinary cooperation between private industry and the NSA,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 GRESnowden, Edward J.
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SNOWDEN, EDWARD SNOSummary: When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSLebovic, Sam
Summary: "The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 to prosecute spies and critics during World War I. And yet, after a century of piecemeal revisions, the Espionage Act still forms the basis of our national security architecture today - a tool that lets the government keep an untold amount of information secret, without ever justifying the need for that secrecy. In State of Silence, political historian Sam...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 345.7302 LEBFriend, Stephen
Summary: A suspended special agent explains his decision to turn whistleblower and expose FBI politicization and abuse against conservative America. Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the FBI's unprecedented investigation of the political unrest at the United States...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2023