Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden tells his story in new memoir, called 'Permanent Record'
Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a conference at University of Buenos Aires Law School, Argentina on November 14, 2016.
His decision to turn from obscure IC wonk to whistleblower in 2013 set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks. He came of age as the Internet evolved from an obscure government computer network and describes how a youthful fascination with technology – as a child, he took apart and reassembled a Nintendo console and, as a teenager, hacked the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory network – eventually led him to a career as an NSA contractor, where he observed high-tech spy powers with increasing revulsion.
He struggled to share his concerns with his girlfriend, who joined him in Russia and is now his wife.
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