Glenn Greenwald's No Place To Hide

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Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, and Laura Poitras took up arms against the oppressing secrets of the National Security Agency by releasing a series of revealing news reports beginning in 2013. Greenwald tells the story of his whistleblowing adventure clearly in his non-fiction book, No Place to Hide, which was published in 2014 by Henry Holt and Company. Glenn Greenwald, along with the inspiration of Edward Snowden, expresses his fears of an impending Orwellian society and wants American citizens to be aware of the invasions that have been brought upon them. Beginning with a spy-like novel feel and ending with a commentary on Greenwald’s view of the current United States’ surveillance state, No Place to Hide is worth the time of readers who are …show more content…

They say things to friends, psychologists, and lawyers that they do not want anyone else to know. They give voice to thoughts online that they do not want associated with their names” (Greenwald p. 171). Greenwald explains this contradiction through means of referencing the 1928 case Olmstead v. U.S. which states: “The right to be left alone is the most comprehensive of right, and the right most valued by a free people” (Greenwald p.171). Greenwald believes it is human instinct that causes a craving for some sort of privacy and that the NSA impedes on this natural right. Since Greenwald is able to so clearly bring to light many outstanding issues and then support and explain them with reasonable facts and figures, No Place to Hide has become an essential contribution towards understanding the current role of the United States surveillance agencies. No Place to Hide does contain many blatant forms of ranting that could be reined in for a more civil approach, but this shows the lengths to which Greenwald truly supports the political ideology he believes in. Greenwald

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