James Bamford is the author of THE PUZZLE PALACE, a national bestseller when it was first published and now regarded as a classic. He was until recently Washington Investigative Producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and has written investigative cover stories for the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

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James Bamford è fra i maggiori giornalisti investigativi americani. Già autore del bestseller The Puzzle Palace (1983), sua prima inchiesta sulla NSA, ormai considerato un classico del suo genere, ha condotto numerose indagini di punta per il "New York Times Magazine", il "Washington Post Magazine" e il "Los Angeles Times Magazine". Attualmente vive a Washington.