Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
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Audio Books : Misc. Educational : : English
Unabridged: 10 hrs and 57 mins
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Publisher's Summary
In Chatter, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the international
eavesdropping alliance known as Echelon, sorting facts from conspiracy
theories to determine just how much privacy Americans unknowingly sacrifice
in the name of greater security. Keefe's riveting investigation moves from a
secret listening station in England's Yorkshire moors to the intelligence
bureaucracies of Washington and London; from an abandoned National Security
Agency base hidden in the mountains of North Carolina to the European
Parliament in Brussels.
Along the way Keefe meets intelligence eavesdroppers who listen in on other
people's private conversations, protestors who believe that systems like
Echelon will end privacy as we know it, former senators who feel American
intelligence operates without any effective legislative oversight, and the
journalists who brought Echelon to light. As the struggle between national
security and civil liberties becomes ever more pronounced against a backdrop
of global terrorism, Chatter is sure to fire debate.
What the Critics Say
"Mr. Keefe writes, crisply and entertainingly, as an interested private
citizen rather than an expert." (The New York Times)
"Intelligent and polemical, Keefe's study is sure to spark some political
chatter of its own." (Publishers Weekly)
Chatter is a surprisingly interesting and eye-opening examination of the
United States-led global surveillance network known as "Echelon." In the
book, Patrick Radden Keefe explores the nature of this vast program of
worldwide communication interception, which sounds Orwellian yet remains all
too real. The strength of the book lies with the detail of Keefe's research
and in the many characters whom he describes. Robertson Dean's stentorian
voice sounds authoritative and lends an additional level of credibility to
the book. Dean relishes its many tales, which range from humorous to
chilling. If the book has a weakness, it is Keefe's failure to delve more
deeply into the implications of this intelligence network and the way it
serves as "Big Brother" to the world. (AudioFile 2005)
Size: 248.07 MB
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