» On 3/18/2015 09:50:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Self-publish a book in 14 countries for under 10 bucks... 

...using Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing! When I published a 108-page book in 2009, it cost $3.66 + $3.55 shipping to get a galley/proof copy. Then I ordered 10 copies for $36.60 + $5.08 shipping, to use at a book signing. Prices are comparable today.

Paperback + e-book (Kindle/iPad):
1) US http://amzn.com/dp/1448620805
2) UK http://amzn.co.uk/dp/1448620805
3) Poland http://amzn.de/dp/1448620805/?language=pl_PL
4) Germany http://amzn.de/dp/1448620805/?language=de_DE
5) France http://amzn.fr/dp/1448620805
6) Italy http://amazon.it/dp/1448620805
7) Spain http://amazon.es/dp/1448620805
8) Mexico http://amazon.com.mx/dp/1448620805
9) Canada http://amazon.ca/dp/1448620805
10) Australia http://amazon.com.au/dp/1448620805
11) India http://amazon.in/dp/1448620805

E-book (Kindle/iPad) only:
12) Brazil http://amazon.com.br/dp/B003LBSJG2
13) Japan http://amazon.co.jp/dp/B003LBSJG2
14) Netherlands http://amazon.nl/dp/B003LBSJG2

[It looks like Amazon's China, United Arab Emirates (*), Sweden, Singapore (*) and Turkey (*) sites may soon offer KDP books, too.]

I also published a 435-page book for a client in 2011, which cost $6.08 + $3.59 shipping for a galley/proof copy. Then I ordered 28 copies for $170.24 + $17.00 shipping.

UPDATE: Amazon Author Pages and Smashwords.

 
» On 3/01/2015 04:30:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Citizenfour. 

So, people in my levels of access for systems administration or as an infrastructure analyst typically have higher accesses than an NSA employee would normally have. Normal NSA employees have a combination of clearances called TS, SI, TK and Gamma. That's Top Secret, Signals Intelligence, Talent Keyhole and Gamma. And they all relate to certain things that are sort of core to the NSA mission. As a systems administrator, you get a special clearance called PRIVAC, for Privileged Access, which allows you to be exposed to information of any classification, regardless of what your position actually needs.
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In the end, if you publish the source material, I will likely be immediately implicated. This must not deter you from releasing the information I will provide.
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My personal desire is that you paint the target directly on my back. No one, not even my most trusted confidant, is aware of my intentions and it would not be fair for them to fall under suspicion for my actions. You may be the only one who can prevent that, and that is by immediately nailing me to the cross rather than trying to protect me as a source.
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My family doesn't know what's happening, they're unaware. I don't think I'll be able to keep the family ties that I've had for all my life because of the risk of associating them with this. And I'll leave what to publish and what not to publish to you guys, I trust you'll be responsible on this.
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This is our country and the balance of power between the citizenry and the government is becoming that of the ruling and the ruled as opposed to actually, you know, the elected and the electorate.
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So for me it all comes down to state power against the people's ability to meaningfully oppose that power. And I'm sitting there every day, getting paid to design methods to amplify that state power. And I'm realizing that if, you know, the policy switches, that they are the only things that restrain these states, were changed there, you couldn't meaningfully oppose these. I mean, you'd have to be the most incredibly sophisticated technical actor in existence.
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And I'm more willing to risk imprisonment or any other negative outcome personally than I am willing to risk the curtailment of my intellectual freedom and that of those around me.
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I appreciate your concern for my safety, but I already know how this will end for me, and I accept the risk. If I have luck, and you are careful, you will have everything you need. I ask only that you ensure this information makes it home to the American public.

--Edward Snowden, "Citizenfour" ~ schedule ~ website ~ IMDb ~ 6/6/2013 interview part 1, part 2

Some would say to him: "You're a traitor."
I'd just say: "Thank you for your service."