{"product_id":"book-bke1","title":"Dark Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eAngler\u003c\/i\u003e, who unearthed the deepest secrets of Edward Snowden's NSA archive, the first master narrative of the surveillance state that emerged after 9\/11 and why it matters, based on scores of hours of conversation with Snowden and groundbreaking reportage in Washington, London, Moscow and Silicon Valley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Snowden chose three journalists to tell the stories in his Top Secret trove of NSA documents: Barton Gellman of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Glenn Greenwald of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and filmmaker Laura Poitras, all of whom would share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Poitras went on to direct the Oscar-winning \u003ci\u003eCitizen Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Greenwald wrote an instant memoir and cast himself as a pugilist on Snowden's behalf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarton 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 used. Gellman's old reporting notes unlocked new puzzles in the NSA archive. Long days and evenings with Snowden in Moscow revealed a complex character who fit none of the stock images imposed on him by others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGellman now brings his unique access and storytelling gifts to a true-life spy tale that touches us all. Snowden captured the public imagination but left millions of people unsure what to think. Who is the man, really? How did he beat the world's most advanced surveillance agency at its own game? Is government and corporate spying as bad as he says?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is the master narrative we have waited for, told with authority and an inside view of extraordinary events. Within it is a personal account of the obstacles facing the author, beginning with Gellman's discovery of his own name in the 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 \u003ci\u003eDark Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, the author describes an escalating battle against unknown digital adversaries, forcing him to mimic their tradecraft in self-defense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the vivid scenes and insights that marked Gellman's bestselling \u003ci\u003eAngler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e 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 it tells the story of a government leak unrivaled in drama since \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49326825046320,"sku":"40bke1","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326824980784,"sku":"BDbke1","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [ZE]","offer_id":49326825013552,"sku":"ZEbke1","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/111999-bke1-Square.jpg?v=1733665447","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bke1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}