SocraticGadfly: Gellman and Snowden

June 08, 2020

Gellman and Snowden

Barton Gellman's new book about Snowden is finally coming out. The Atlantic has an excerpt. The excerpt is about Gellman's own history of being surveilled, and is scary as shit.

Wired has another excerpt, with Gellman talking about what questions talking to Snowden led him to next. The idea of contact chaining, even if not abused to the degree the NSA could have abused it, is insidious indeed.

Given that Snowden's own book raised more questions than it answered, per my review, I'm interested.

Update, Sept. 21, 2023: Bruce Schneier talks about his experience of working with Greenwald, how both Greenwald and Barton Gellman held back files from their initial reporting and more.

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