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A Good American

2015Movie1 h 40 min

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IMDb7.3Metacritic63–Rotten Tomatoes80%84%
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Metacritic63–Rotten Tomatoes80%84%

Summary

A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

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  • Teens

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Fingerprint

  • Draws you into power games.
  • Makes you think.
  • Holds up a mirror.

Not for laughs, comfort or warmth.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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