The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization
James Bamford
Jul 2018 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Paul Boehmer
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In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded public scrutiny, but The Puzzle Palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. So sensitive was the information uncovered that the agency twice attempted to suppress the book, threatened the author with prosecution, and even raided one of the libraries he used. This is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage.
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James Bamford, the author of the bestsellers Body of Secrets, The Puzzle Palace, and The Shadow Factory, has written extensively on national security issues. His writing on the war in Iraq for Rolling Stone magazine won the National Magazine Award for Reporting, the highest honor in the magazine industry.
Paul Boehmer is a seasoned actor who has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair and All My Children. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek.
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