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The Edward Snowden Affair is groundbreaking look at Edward Snowden, the NSA, the media that broke the story, and the politicians involved in America and around the world. Author Michael Gurnow presents the facts about how the story broke, the technologies and techniques used by the NSA, and the reactions of key political figures. This is the only in-depth look at the Edward Snowden affair written by an author with more than a decade of IT experience. While conducting research for an article on Internet security writer Michael Gurnow noticed there was something odd in the world's response to Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency spying scandal. Fascinated by the public reaction and how diametrically opposed politicians were in strange agreement Gurnow threw himself into the story.
About the Author
Michael Gurnow is a former literature and pre-law professor whose linguistic training was overseen by an active NSA language analyst. A noted environmentalist and film critic whose work Pulitzer-recipient Roger Ebert called "very admirable," Gurnow's award-winning writing spans such topics as national security, veterinary legislation, and overpopulation. His first book, THE EDWARD SNOWDEN AFFAIR, was an international bestseller, while his sophomore effort, NATURE'S HOUSEKEEPER, was dubbed "Thoreau meets Hunter S. Thompson" by Ron Dakron, author of HELLO DEVILFISH!, and "intellectually profound yet outrageously funny" by British Mountaineering Council Ambassador and Outdoor Writers Guild Award-winner Chris Townsend.
