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The Shadow Factory

The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

James Bamford

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English
Random House Inc
14 July 2009
James 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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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   318g
ISBN:   9780307279392
ISBN 10:   0307279391
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

James Bamford is the author of Body of Secrets, The Puzzle Palace, and A Pretext for War, and has written on national security for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. His Rolling Stone article ""The Man Who Sold the War"" wonthe 2006National Magazine Award for reporting. Formerly the Washington investigative producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Bamford lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews for The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

A @lt;i@gt;Washington Post@lt;/i@gt; Notable Book@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Important and disturbing. . . . This revealing and provocative book is necessary reading . . . Bamford goes where the 9/11 Commission did not fully go. @lt;br@gt;--Senator Bob Kerrey, @lt;i@gt;The Washington Post Book World@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Fascinating. . . . Bamford has distilled a troubling chapter in American history. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Bloomberg News@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; At its core and at its best, Bamford's book is a schematic diagram tracing the obsessions and excesses of the Bush administration after 9/11. . . . There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency. . . . Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director's safe. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;The New York Times Book Review@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; Engaging. . . . Chilling. . . . Bamford is able to link disparate facts and


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