How long does it take to read The Shadow Factory?
The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
The Shadow Factory by James Bamford takes about 7 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 395 pages, about 108,625 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency's existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American's data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America's liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Politics and government, United States, Electronic surveillance, United States. National Security Agency, Intelligence service, Nonfiction
