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title: "How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft"
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# How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft

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    Solid If Disappointing
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017*

Epstein is a good writer and this is an easy read all the way through.  The first part is the best where he lays out the basic facts of Snowden's life and a chronology of events.  The rest of the book has bits of insightful analysis.The problem is, I've read Epstein's book Deception, so I know he is extremely educated on this domain.  He was capable of delivering so much more than this mundane book.  He leaves a number of gaps in the analysis which Epstein was uniquely qualified to comment on, but did not.First of all, Epstein lays out a convincing case that Snowden had inside help at Booz Allen to steal secrets.  He also observes the unlikeliness of this help coming because Snowden starts the new job and immediately begins asking co-workers, "can I have your super top secret password please?"  But then Epstein says that Snowden was unlikely to have been working for a foreign agent until he made it to Hong Kong.  These ideas are highly contradictory and Epstein barely tries to reconcile them.A second issue is how Snowden arrives in Hong Kong on May 20th and then immediately disappears for almost two weeks.  Epstein doesn't even try to commentate on this part at all.  Which is a shocking piece of evidence for him to leave out in his "howdunnit"A third issue is that he does not touch on the fact that Snowden being a public figure constantly undermining the US is exactly what Putin would want.  Amazingly, even though Epstein would know this fact better than anyone, he hardly touches on the subject matter.Finally, Epstein makes a big point of saying the problem with the documents stolen is that MOST were not the domestic surveillance stuff the public saw, but documents relating to sources and methods that are used against China and Russia.  But he spends little time elaborating on what these sources and methods may have been or what the cost to America was.  Instead, he spends far more time, and finishes the book, talking about the damage done to America's fight against terrorism based on the documents publicly leaked.  Concluding with this argument undermines his own point earlier in the book that the real damage was based on the secret documents Snowden stole which the public has not seen.Okay book for an introduction to the subject.  But Epstein, I was expecting more from you!

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    Read this book and ignore the newspapers and movies
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2017*

A good book about the most damaging spy in US history.If you want the truth, skip the movies and read this book.First 1/3rd is the what, the last 2/3rds are the how and why. There is too much repetition to call this a great book.Just another example of the huge gulf between popular media and the facts.And, of course,another example of jaw-dropping government incompetence.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Excellent detective work
  

*by M***C on Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017*

I came to the book with very few pre-concieved idea about Snowden and his motivations. Hero or villain? I had no view. The forensic account of events told in as many details as possible definitely helps answer the question. The account is factual and analytical and does not seek to lead the reader. Anyone wanting to form an opinion on this fascinating case should read it before pronouncing on it.

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