![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He hated being made to go to bed early, and recalls resetting clocks to confuse the powers that be. He tells of his Puritan ancestry, his early fascination with computer games, his tropism toward defiance, a knack for “hacking” that became obvious early. He lets us into his childhood as the son of a coast guard officer, the grandson of a coast guard admiral. Snowden is generous with facts – to a point. Amid accusations by the attorney general, William Barr, that the government spied on Donald Trump’s campaign, it is worth remembering Barr has been described as “the godfather of the NSA’s bulk data collection program”. For someone who by his own account had no interest in writing a 1,000-word personal statement in high school, Snowden delivers an easy read, part confession, part J’accuse. Our perceptions are shaded in grey.Īgainst this backdrop comes Permanent Record, a well-written, self-absolving, brazen autobiography. To most, the man responsible for a historic leak of US surveillance efforts is not wholly hero or villain. Should Edward Snowden be prosecuted? The public is divided. ![]()
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