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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

Document Information

Type: Book excerpt / legal discovery document
File Size: 1.67 MB
Summary

This document appears to be page 83 from a book titled 'Escape Artist,' included in a House Oversight discovery file (Bates HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019571). The text details Edward Snowden's communications in May 2013 with journalists Barton Gellman and Glenn Greenwald regarding the release of the PRISM and mass domestic spying stories. It describes Snowden's frustration with delays, his pressure on Gellman, and his subsequent aggressive recruitment of Greenwald to travel to Hong Kong.

People (5)

Name Role Context
Snowden Source / Whistleblower
Attempting to coordinate the release of classified information (PRISM) with journalists.
Gellman Journalist
Reporter for The Washington Post; declined travel to Hong Kong.
Greenwald Journalist
Reporter for The Guardian located in Brazil; targeted by Snowden to release stories.
Poitras Associate
Helped tutor Greenwald on encryption.
Micah Lee Associate
Sent encryption tools to Greenwald.

Timeline (2 events)

May 24, 2013
Snowden pressured Gellman to publish the PRISM story within 72 hours.
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May 25, 2013
Snowden emailed Greenwald to persuade him to come to Hong Kong.
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Locations (3)

Location Context

Relationships (3)

Snowden Source/Journalist Gellman
Snowden pressuring Gellman to publish PRISM story.
Snowden Source/Journalist Greenwald
Snowden emailing and calling Greenwald to recruit him for the leak.
Poitras Colleague/Tutor Greenwald
Poitras helped tutor Greenwald on encryption.

Key Quotes (5)

"I am naive."
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"I have risked my life and family."
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"I’ve been working on a major project with a mutual friend of ours. You recently had to decline short-term travel to meet with me."
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"You need to be involved in this story."
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"I don’t like how this is developing."
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