No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

Glenn Greenwald (Get this book)
National Security Agency's vast warrantless surveillance operations last year after receiving top-secret documents from NSA contractor Snowden, who is briefly profiled here. Greenwald's breathless narrative is itself a spy story, complete with encrypted messages, cloak-and-dagger in Hong Kong, a possible CIA break-in at his house, the detainment of his partner on trumped-up terrorism suspicions, and furious wrangles with the mainstream press, which he denounces for its chumminess with officialdom. Greenwald's great reporting highlights the collusion of government, corporations, and media to undermine notions of privacy and democratic participation. --Publisher's Weekly