Macmillan announced that it will publish a memoir, Permanent Record, by former CIA agent and whistleblower Edward Snowden globally on September 17 according to Emma Wenner at Publishers Weekly… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now!
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According to the publisher, Permanent Record will tell Snowden’s story for the first time, including the “crisis of conscience” that led him to leak highly classified information on U.S. government’s secret efforts to collect every phone call, text message, and email ever sent as part of a mass surveillance system.
John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, said in a statement that the publisher is “enormously proud” to publish the book by Snowden. “Like him or not, his is an incredible American story,” Sargent said. “There is no doubt that the world is a better and more private place for his actions.”
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