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Snowden by Ted Rall
4.0

I really enjoyed this! It's a quick, compelling read--more accessible than [b:No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State|18213403|No Place to Hide Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State|Glenn Greenwald|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1383352779s/18213403.jpg|25637147] (which I also enjoyed) and also like, less... objective in tone? Ted Rall is very up front about considering Edward Snowden a hero and this is written in very admiring tones. Which is fine for me, because I also find Edward Snowden admirable, and I appreciate how straightforward Rall is with his POV. BUT for students looking for something objective for research... this might be trickier. Although it does have a lot of documented facts and a detailed footnotes section.

The art style is fun and cartoony, kinda like a Simpsons episode about Edward Snowden. I'd recommend it to people who are maybe kinda curious about Edward Snowden, and I think a certain segment of politically engaged teen would be into this. (Teen Renata, for example, would have loved it.)