SNOWDEN BY TED RALL
Description
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 technologies, and the recent history of government intrusion. Rall describes Snowden's political vision and hopes for the future. In a way, the book tells two stories: Snowden's and a larger one that describes all of us on the threshold of tremendous technological upheaval and political change.
"Snowden" is a portrait of a brave young man standing up to the most powerful government in the world and, if not winning, at least reaching a stand-off, and in this way is an incitation to us all to measure our courage and listen to our consciences in asking ourselves what we might have done in his shoes.
#SNOWDEN: Political cartoonist Ted Rall will be doing a Reddit AMA at 4PM ET today with Sarah Harrison (Courage Foundation) and Jesselyn Radack (Expose Facts). They'll be answering your questions about Edward Snowden, the surveillance state, and the problems facing whistleblowers today.
#TEDRALL is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and political cartoonist, who recen
tly released a graphic biography of Edward Snowden.
#SARAHHARRISON worked with WikiLeaks as a journalist and legal researcher. She assisted Edward Snowden in his escape into exile and set up the Courage Foundation to help whistleblowers. She currently serves as the Courage Foundation's Acting Director.
#JESSELYNRADACK is a former ethics adviser to the DOJ, who blew the whistle on ethics violations perpetrated during the FBI's interrogation of John Walker Lindh. She has since served as a legal representative for numerous whistleblowers including Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou, and Thomas Drake.
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"Ted Rall's Snowden is a dramatic, evocative, thoughtful and very accessible account of one of the most important stories of the century — and one of the most ominous, unless citizens are aroused to action to rein in abusive state power.” — Noam Chomsky
"Ted Rall nails his accurate graphics on the door of the national security state's unconstitutional mass surveillance, blanket invasions of privacy and related illegalities against the American people—charged to the American taxpayers.... Essential reading as 'Big Brother' starts having to look over its shoulders."
—Ralph Nader
“[Snowden] helps to answer the questions: Of the countless government employees who knew of these programs, why was Snowden the one to risk everything to uncover them? And would we have done the same had we been in his position?” — Newsweek
