404: A John Decker Thriller

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I am indebted to countless people in the writing of this book. Although this novel was written long before the revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, I am especially indebted to him for alerting the world to U.S. government over-reach and the abrogation of our 1st and 4th Amendment Rights by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies. He follows in the footsteps of such courageous patriots as NSA whistleblowers William Binney and Tom Drake, as well as Dr. James Bamford and Duncan Campbell, both fearless journalists covering intelligence and national security issues. I would also like to thank James Ball, Julian Borger, and Yochai Benkler of The Guardian; Dave Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Nicole Perlroth, Scott Shane and John Markoff of The New York Times; Barton Gellman and Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post; Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark of Der Spiegel; Jeff Larson of ProPublica; and, of course, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras of The Intercept. When it comes to this story, they are the 4th Estate. Also of assistance were Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union, plus Parker Higgins at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Both of these groups, using the Freedom of Information Act, have been hugely instrumental in exposing the domestic warrantless mass surveillance programs of the NSA and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Britain’s NSA. A special thanks goes out to Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, and especially Senators Ron Wyden of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico for their vigilance and fortitude in trying to protect the American people in this hour of need.

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