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Title: Interesting But Uneven
Review: The NSA is a great subject for an investigative journalist. Bamford unearths some fascinating material, but overall the book is a mess. There are too many abrupt shifts in tone and theme, from outraged polemics on the Liberty and Pueblo incidents to dry accounts of bureaucratic structures and breathless you-are-there reconstructions of Cold War exploits. As a result, the book is often intriguing but rarely satisfying. Bamford has a few obvious axes to grind, but his overall take on the NSA is elusive.
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