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The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA From 9/11 To The Eavesdropping On America (2008)

by James Bamford(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0385521324 (ISBN13: 9780385521321)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Doubleday Publishing/Random House (NY)

review 1: This book will make you angry. You probably could have guessed that before you opened it though. The sheer amount of collusion, nepotism, and corruption behind the scenes of these giant companies that the NSA relies upon is unsettling. These are the people who are allowed to listen to our conversations, text messages, emails. I'd say that this book will make you change the way you think about the NSA but what Bamford does in this book is make the clear case that it's as bad if not worse than everyone's wild imagination.
review 2: Bamford has made a career of writing about the NSA. In this volume he recounts the events of 9/11 from the NSA's viewpoint, showing how they screwed up, refused to acknowledge it, and proceeded to ask for -- and get, tons of money to ... moreincrease their surveillance capabilities. As he tells it, with the cooperation of the telcoms, the NSA now simply copies the Internet globally and mines the data. And who are the corporations who help it? Israeli companies founded by and staffed by former Israeli intelligence operatives or administrators.Recent events about Snowden's revelations are old news in light of this 2008 book. What is clear is that the NSA is out of control, and the federal government does not want the NSA to be reigned in. Let's hope Congress will. less

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