TY - BOOK AU - Epstein,Edward Jay TI - How America lost its secrets: Edward Snowden, the man and the theft SN - 9780451494566 (hardcover) AV - JF 1525 E64h 2017 U1 - 327.12730092 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Snowden, Edward J., KW - United States KW - National Security Agency/Central Security Service KW - Leaks (Disclosure of information) KW - Vigilancia electrónica KW - Estados Unidos KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Whistle blowing KW - Denuncias de irregularidades N1 - Includes selected bibliographical references (pages [329]-331) and index; Snowden's trail : Hong Kong, 2014 -- Snowden's arc. Tinker ; Secret agent ; Contractor ; Thief ; Crossing the Rubicon ; Hacktivist ; String puller ; Raider of the inner sanctum ; Escape artist ; Whistle-blower ; Enter Assange ; Fugitive -- The intelligence crisis. The great divide ; The crime scene investigation ; Did Snowden act alone? ; The question of when ; The keys to the kingdom are missing ; The unheeded warning -- The game of nations. The rise of the NSA ; The NSA's back door ; The Russians are coming ; The Chinese puzzle ; A single point of failure -- Moscow calling. Off to Moscow ; Through the looking glass ; The handler -- Conclusions : walking the cat back. Snowden's choices ; The espionage source ; The "war on terror" after Snowden -- The Snowden effect N2 - Challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become ER -