The Shadow Factory
  • Published: 14 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9780307279392
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $39.99

The Shadow Factory

The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

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James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.

The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American’s data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America’s liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here.
  • Published: 14 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9780307279392
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the author

James Bamford

James Bamford is the author of THE PUZZLE PALACE, a bestseller in the US when it was first published, and now regarded as a classic. Until recently he was Washington Investigative Producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and has written investigative cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, and The Los Angeles Time Magazine.

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Praise for The Shadow Factory

"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 director's safe." --The New York Times Book Review

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