'No Place to Hide,' by Glenn Greenwald
No Place to Hide Edward Snowden , the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State By Glenn Greenwald (Metropolitan Books; 259 pages; $27) Edward Snowden leaked his cache of secret NSA documents to journalist Glenn Greenwald last year thanks in part to a delayed New York Times story on surveillance. In mid-2004, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau had an exclusive on President George W. Bush 's warrantless eavesdropping program, but the Times held it for 15 months, until after Bush's re-election. Executives at the Times were told if they ran it, they'd be helping terrorists. "Snowden had been clear from our first conversation about his rationale for distrusting" the Times and other mainstream outlets, writes Greenwald in his highly anticipated new book. " 'Hiding that story changed history,' (Snowden) said." "No Place to Hide" is indeed a meditation on hiding. It takes its title from the late U.S. Sen. Frank Church , who investigate