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A computer whiz takes on the government in defense of the right to privacy. On hearing the National Security Agency has secretly installed a program that can read anyone's e-mail, Ensei Tankado comes up with a program to paralyze it. A conflict ensues and people die.
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The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen... Planes begin blowing up across the skies. Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one...
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"The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestselling title expands its focus to China, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions. Extensively updated, this edition features fourteen new chapters, including a new introduction and conclusion. The book brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up-to-date and focuses on China's EHM strategy. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to...
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"Investigative reporter for The Guardian and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald, provides an in-depth look into the NSA scandal that has triggered a national debate over national security and information privacy. With further revelations from documents entrusted to Glenn Greenwald by Edward Snowden himself, this book explores the extraordinary cooperation between private industry and the NSA, and the far-reaching consequences of the government's surveillance...
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"In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first...
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Deadly Ops volume 3
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When he finally finds the people responsible for killing his wife, Special Agent Levi Lazaro will let nothing stand in his way of vengeance, not even a beautiful NSA agent named Selene, who, on a mission of her own, needs his help and forces him to choose between revenge and love.
7) Snowden
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The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
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"Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections--a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed. In this groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction, Kerry Howley investigates the curious implications of living in the age of the indelible. Howley's subjects face a challenge new to history: they are imprisoned by their past selves, trapped for as long as the Internet endures. A soap opera...
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"NSA director Theodore Anders has a simple goal: collect every phone call, email, and keystroke tapped on the Internet. He knows unlimited surveillance is the only way to keep America safe. Evelyn Gallagher doesn't care much about any of that. She just wants to keep her head down and manage the NSA's camera network and facial recognition program so she can afford private school for her deaf son, Dash. But when Evelyn discovers the existence of a program...
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Discusses the infamous intelligence breach brought about by Edward Snowden, including the dangers of global monitoring, how Snowden managed to leave the country with a hard drive full of secrets, and his battle for asylum.
A precocious computer specialist who rapidly rose through the ranks of the U.S. intelligence community, Snowden exposed the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program of citizens, which collects and stores people's phone...
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Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 6
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When the NSA records the murder of two American civilians while conducting illegal wiretapping operations, political fixer Joe DeMarco finds himself rendered a pawn in a lethal game between a master spy and a four-star army general.
13) Edge of danger
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Deadly Ops volume 4
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"When an assassin tries to kill undercover DEA agent Tucker Pankov the same week his boss is taken out, Tucker has good reason to be paranoid. And when other members of his elite team are not only targeted, but stripped of top-secret security clearance, Tucker has one shot at discovering who wants them dead--and why. So he kidnaps the only woman he thinks can save them. Brilliant NSA analyst Karen Stafford doesn't like being forced into anything,...
14) Severe clear
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Stone Barrington novels volume 24
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"Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing the grand opening of the ultra-luxe hotel, The Arrington, built on the grounds of the mansion belonging to his late wife, Arrington Carter. The star-studded gala will be attended by socialites, royalty, and billionaires from overseas. and according to phone conversations intercepted by the NSA, it may also have attracted the attention of international terrorists. To ensure the safety of his guests--and the...
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"In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's...
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The United States military now views cyberspace as the "fifth domain" of warfare, alongside land, air, sea, and space. The Pentagon, the National Security Agency, and the CIA field teams of hackers who launch cyber strikes against enemy targets--and amass staggering quantities of personal information on all of us. These same virtual warriors, along with a growing band of private-sector counterparts, are charged with defending us against the vast array...
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"In this carefully researched volume written with the pace of a political thriller, Gurnow reveals in a dramatic detail how the media broke the Snowden story and the cat and mouse game that followed between journalists and the current administration. The book also explains in plain language the political, legal and technological implications of Snowden's disclosures."--Back cover.
18) Cyfrowa twierdza
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Gdy najbardziej technologicznie zaawansowana maszyna NSA do łamania kodów napotyka tajemniczy szyfr, którego nie jest w stanie złamać, agencja wzywa głównego kryptologa, Susan Fletcher, piękną i zdolną panią matematyk. Udaje jej się odkryć coś, co zatrzęsie posadami szefów NSA. Agencja staje się zakładnikiem szantażowanym nie bronią czy bombą, ale szyfrem tak genialnie skomplikowanym, że mógłby sparaliżować amerykański
...20) Savage road
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Hayley Chill descends even deeper into the dangerous political web of Washington D.C. when she seeks the source of devastating cyber attacks against the United States while trying to prevent the president from starting another world war.