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Dark mirror : Edward Snowden and the American surveillance state / by Gellman, Barton,1960-author.; Soltani, Ashkan,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Edward Snowden chose three journalists to tell the stories in his Top Secret trove of NSA documents: Barton Gellman of The Washington Post, Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian and filmmaker Laura Poitras, all of whom would share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Poitras went on to direct the Oscar-winning Citizenfour. Greenwald wrote an instant memoir and cast himself as a pugilist on Snowden's behalf. Gellman took his own path. Snowden and his documents were the beginning, not the end, of a story he had prepared his whole life to tell. More than 20 years as a top investigative journalist armed him with deep sources in national security and high technology. New sources reached out from government and industry, making contact on the same kinds of secret, anonymous channels that Snowden had used. Gellman's reporting unlocked new puzzles in the NSA archive. And as Snowden's revelations faded somewhat from the public consciousness, the machinations he exposed continue still, with many policies unaltered despite societal outrage. Dark Mirror is a true-life spy tale that touches us all, told with authority and an inside view of extraordinary events. Within it is a chilling personal account of the obstacles facing the author, beginning with Gellman's discovery of his own name in Snowden's NSA document trove. Google notifies him that a foreign government is trying to compromise his account. A trusted technical adviser finds anomalies on his laptop. Sophisticated impostors approach Gellman with counterfeit documents, attempting to divert or discredit his work. Throughout Dark Mirror, the author wages an escalating battle against unknown digital adversaries who force him to mimic their tradecraft in self-defense. With the vivid and insightful style that marked Gellman's bestselling Angler, Dark Mirror is an inside account of the surveillance-industrial revolution and its discontents, fighting back against state and corporate intrusions into our most private spheres. Along the way, and with the benefit of hindsight, it tells the full story of a government leak unrivaled in drama since All the President's Men"--
Subjects: Snowden, Edward J., 1983-; Gellman, Barton, 1960-; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.; Electronic intelligence; Electronic surveillance; Domestic intelligence; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Whistle blowing; Journalists;
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A single spy [sound recording] / by Christie, William,1960-author.; Fliakos, Ari,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Ari Fliakos."A single spy--in the right place and at the right moment--may change the course of history." Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Alexsi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi Germany under the identity of his best friend, the long lost nephew of a high ranking Nazi official, or disappear forever in the basement of the Lubyanka. For Alexsi, it's no choice at all. Over the course of the next seven years, Alexsi has to live his role, that of the devoted nephew of a high Nazi official, and ultimately works for the legendary German spymaster Wilhelm Canaris as an intelligence agent in the Abwehr. All the while, acting as a double agent--reporting back to the NKVD and avoiding detection by the Gestapo. Trapped between the implacable forces of two of the most notorious dictatorships in history, and truly loyal to no one but himself, Alexsi's goal remains the same--survival. In 1943, Alexsi is chosen by the Gestapo to spearhead one of the most desperate operations of the war--to infiltrate the site of the upcoming Tehran conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, and set them up to be assassinated. For Alexsi, it's the moment of truth; for the rest of the world, the future is at stake"--
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Undercover operations; Intelligence officers;
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Bad actors / by Herron, Mick,author.;
"In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster-a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate-has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation ... There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. MI5; Intelligence service; Missing persons;
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The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth / by Schlanger, Zoë,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index."A book exploring the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants' complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world"--
Subjects: Plant physiology.; Plants;
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3 days to live / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Hogben, Julie Margaret,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Short stories.Selections.; Schweigart, Bill,author.; Swierczynski, Duane,author.; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Housekeepers.; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Women and children first.;
Three stories of suspense, including "3 Days to Live," in which a CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned--leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. Women and children first: When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. The housekeepers: A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate-facing off against the Russian mob.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Short stories.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Housekeepers; Married people; Murder; Murder; Women physicians;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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3 days to live [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Hogben, Julie Margaret,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Short stories.Selections.; Schweigart, Bill,author.; Swierczynski, Duane,author.; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Housekeepers.; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Women and children first.;
Three stories of suspense, including "3 Days to Live," in which a CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned--leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. Women and children first: When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. The housekeepers: A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate-facing off against the Russian mob.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Short stories.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Housekeepers; Married people; Murder; Murder; Women physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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3 days to live [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Caputo, Anna,narrator.; Carthew, Corey,narrator.; Archer, Ellen(Narrator),narrator.; Hogben, Julie Margaret,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Short stories.Selections[sound recording].; Schweigart, Bill,author.; Swierczynski, Duane,author.; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Housekeepers[sound recording].; container of (work):Patterson, James,1947-Women and children first[sound recording].; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Anna Caputo, Corey Carthew, Ellen Archer.Three stories of suspense, including "3 Days to Live," in which a CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned--leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. Women and children first: When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. The housekeepers: A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate-facing off against the Russian mob.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Short stories.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Housekeepers; Married people; Murder; Murder; Women physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tom Clancy oath of office / by Cameron, Marc,author.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.;
Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); Ryan, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Presidents; Terrorism;
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Tom Clancy oath of office [sound recording] / by Cameron, Marc,author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick.Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); Ryan, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Presidents; Terrorism;
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The Russian / by Coes, Ben,author.;
"As the brutal Russian mafia becomes the most powerful and deadly criminal enterprise in the U.S., it's up to covert operative Rob Tacoma to fight back ... Ruthless, clever, and unbelievably violent, the Russian mafia has rapidly taken over the criminal underworld in the U.S. and law enforcement has been unable to stem the tide. When a powerful Russian mob family declares war by publicly executing two high-profile American politicians, the messageis unmistakable-opposition will be met with overwhelming deadly force. With no other viable options, the President creates a clandestine assassinations team to find and eliminate the unreachable men running this deadly criminal operation.--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Intelligence officers; Secret service; Assassins; Russian American criminals; Organized crime; Murder;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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