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Important and disturbing. . . . This revealing and provocative book is necessary reading . . . Bamford goes where the 9/11 Commission did not fully go.Senator Bob Kerrey, The Washington Post Book World

Fascinating. . . . Bamford has distilled a troubling chapter in American history.Bloomberg News

At its core and at its best, Bamfords book is a schematic diagram tracing the obsessions and excesses of the Bush administration after 9/11. . . . There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency. . . . Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the directors safe.The New York Times Book ReviewEngaging. . . . Chilling. . . . Bamford is able to link disparate facts and paint a picture of utter, compounded failurefailure to find the NSAs terrorist targets and failure to protect American citizens communications from becoming tangled in a dragnet.The San Francisco ChronicleThe bad news in Bamfords fascinating new study of the NSA is that Big Brother really is watching. The worse news . . . is that Big Brother often listens in on the wrong people and sometimes fails to recognize critical information. . . . Bamford convincingly argues that the agency . . . broke the law and spied on Americans and nearly got away with it. The Baltimore Sun

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