Permanent Record (autobiography)

Permanent Record
	First edition cover
Author	Edward Snowden
Audio read by	Holter Graham
Cover artist	Platon (photo); Rodrigo Corral (design)
Language	English
Subjects	Global surveillance; autobiography;
Publisher	Metropolitan Books
Publication date	September 17, 2019
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback), e-book
Pages	352
ISBN	978-1-250-23723-1
OCLC	1114558657
Dewey Decimal	327.12730092 B 23
LC Class	JF1525.W45 S655 2019

Permanent Record is a 2019 autobiography by Edward Snowden, whose revelations sparked a global debate about surveillance. It was published on September 17, 2019 (Constitution Day), by Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company.^[3]^[4] The book describes Snowden's childhood as well as his tenure at the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency and his motivations for the leaking of highly classified information in 2013 that revealed global surveillance programs. Snowden also discusses his views on authoritarianism, democracy, and privacy. The writer Joshua Cohen is credited by Snowden for "helping to transform my rambling reminiscences and capsule manifestoes into a book."^[5]

Upon release, the United States filed a lawsuit against Snowden for alleged violations of non-disclosure agreements with the CIA and NSA. The lawsuit did not aim to restrict the book's content or distribution, but to capture the proceeds Snowden earns from it. In December 2019, U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady ruled in favor of the U.S. government. Permanent Record has been censored in China, with the removed content including comments about authoritarian states, privacy-supporting technologies, and the right to privacy.

^ "Permanent Record". Macmillan. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Edward Snowden (September 17, 2019). "Copyright". Permanent Record. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-1-250-23724-8.
^ Zakrzewski, Cat (October 1, 2019). "The Technology 202: Here's what Edward Snowden thinks about Trump's whistleblower". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^ Flood, Alison (August 1, 2019). "Edward Snowden memoir to reveal whistleblower's secrets". The Guardian. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ Szalai, Jennifer (September 13, 2019). "In Edward Snowden's New Memoir, the Disclosures This Time Are Personal". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2019.

[1] "Permanent Record". Macmillan. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

[Copyright-2] Edward Snowden (September 17, 2019). "Copyright". Permanent Record. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-1-250-23724-8.

[3] Zakrzewski, Cat (October 1, 2019). "The Technology 202: Here's what Edward Snowden thinks about Trump's whistleblower". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

[4] Flood, Alison (August 1, 2019). "Edward Snowden memoir to reveal whistleblower's secrets". The Guardian. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

[5] Szalai, Jennifer (September 13, 2019). "In Edward Snowden's New Memoir, the Disclosures This Time Are Personal". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2019.

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