Glenn Greenwald played a central role in enabling Edward Snowden to disclose the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA's) data collection practices. Greenwald's record of tough reporting on national security issues prompted Snowden to establish contact with him, and even to anonymously send him a set of instructions on how to install encryption on his computer before Snowden would send him any of his NSA materials. In No Place to Hide, Greenwald outlines Snowden's odyssey from teenage loner to hacker; his rise through the ranks of the intelligence community; his disillusionment with the U.S. government in general and the NSA in particular; his disclosures and his current exile. It's a book worth reading—maybe even twice, writes Eric Jones, CIPP/G, CIPT, in this book review for The Privacy Advisor.
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