Overview

James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency's existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public. The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American's data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America's liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here.

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A @lt;i@gt;Washington Post@lt;/i@gt; Notable Book@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Important and disturbing. . . . This revealing and provocative book is necessary reading . . . Bamford goes where the 9/11 Commission did not fully go. @lt;br@gt;--Senator Bob Kerrey, @lt;i@gt;The Washington Post Book World@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Fascinating. . . . Bamford has distilled a troubling chapter in American history. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Bloomberg News@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; At its core and at its best, Bamford's book is a schematic diagram tracing the obsessions and excesses of the Bush administration after 9/11. . . . There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency. . . . Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director's safe. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;The New York Times Book Review@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; Engaging. . . . Chilling. . . . Bamford is able to link disparate facts and

Praise for Body of Secrets : <br> Extraordinary....A galvanizing narrative brimming with heretofore undisclosed details. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> With a flair and clarity that rivals those of the best spy novelists, Bamford has created a masterpiece of investigative reporting. -- Publishers Weekly

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James Bamford is the author of Body of Secrets, The Puzzle Palace, and A Pretext for War, and has written on national security for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. His Rolling Stone article ""The Man Who Sold the War"" wonthe 2006National Magazine Award for reporting. Formerly the Washington investigative producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Bamford lives in Washington, D.C.

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