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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Edward Snowden, born to a household of public servants, grew up on the wild 1990s internet era.
Chapter 3: Snowden, as a boy, hacked systems and bent the arbitrary rules adults tried to enforce.
Chapter 4: After the 9/11 attacks, Snowden felt compelled to serve his country, a decision that propelled a rapid rise through U.S. government agencies.
Chapter 5: Although he often questioned rules, Snowden’s technical skills won him high-level roles in both the CIA and the NSA too.
Chapter 6: While prepping for a conference in China, Snowden first suspected the U.S. government might be vastly spying on its citizens too.
Chapter 7: Snowden set out to examine the U.S. government’s mass-surveillance system, and then chose to expose it methodically to journalists.
Chapter 8: To smuggle classified files out of NSA headquarters and into journalists’ hands, Snowden cleverly used subterfuge and ingenuity.
Chapter 9: After the leaks were published and the U.S. charged him with espionage, Snowden fled into exile.
Description
Permanent Record (2019) is the long-awaited memoir of infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden, who in 2013 used his position as a tech specialist at the US National Security Agency to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance. In his autobiography, he tells the story of his life for the first time, from being a teenage computer whiz to his steep ascent in the intelligence community and his decision to risk it all for justice.
Who Should Listen
- Tech nerds with righteous hearts
- Citizens and government officials concerned with privacy issues
- People who have wondered whether their phones are spying on them