NSA Scandal Sends Sales of George Orwell's '1984' Soaring on Amazon
by Jun 11th 2013 3:30PM
Updated Jun 12th 2013 10:49AM
Colin Dunn, Flickr.comA complementary commercial winner-and-loser pair has emerged from the disclosure of the NSA's domestic data dragnet, one that would surely bring a thin-lipped smile to the face of Eric Arthur Blair, the English Democratic Socialist who wrote as George Orwell: While Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), the defense contractor that employed leaker Edward Snowden, has seen its stock plummet since the revelation of its connection to the scandal, Amazon's (AMZN) sales of "1984," Orwell's classic dystopian novel of surveillance and control, have skyrocketed.
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Comment by truth on June 17, 2013 at 1:53am
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Comment by Curtis on June 17, 2013 at 1:48am
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what took so long? I do believe the queen handed Obamer a copy back in 08 right after he curtsied. Or maybe it was the Mexican pres..hmm oh well same thing
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