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Bottoms up and the devil laughs a journey through the deep state

"In Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs, acclaimed essayist and author Kerry Howley reveals the inner workings of the U.S. intelligence community, uncovering a shadow America more fascinating and more unsettling than one could imagine. At the heart of her narrative, which encompasses "American...

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Main Author: Howley, Kerry (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Official secrets > United States.
Leaks (Disclosure of information) > Political aspects > United States.
Whistle blowing > United States.
Intelligence service > United States.
Electronic surveillance > United States.
Drone aircraft > Government policy > United States.
Defense information, Classified > United States.
Information technology > Political aspects.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Summary: "In Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs, acclaimed essayist and author Kerry Howley reveals the inner workings of the U.S. intelligence community, uncovering a shadow America more fascinating and more unsettling than one could imagine. At the heart of her narrative, which encompasses "American Taliban" John Walker Lind, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden, is a woman named Reality Winner. Reality becomes a crypto linguist for a government drone program, eavesdropping on private conversations until she hears information that she can no longer keep secret. Her decision to act on this knowledge leads to a disturbing series of events that ends with Winner sentenced to years in prison."--
Physical Description: 233 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-233).
ISBN: 9780525655497
0525655492
9780525565048
0525565043
Author Notes: KERRY HOWLEY is a feature writer at New York magazine and the author of Thrown, a New York Times Editors' Choice and pick for best-of-the-year lists in Time, Salon, Slate, and many other venues. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Best American Sportswriting, The New York Times Magazine, and Harper's . A Lannan Foundation Fellow, she holds an MFA from the University of Iowa, where she was a professor at the celebrated Nonfiction Writing Program until joining New York. She lives in Los Angeles.

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