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Extraction Summary
9
People
7
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes
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Congressional oversight record / narrative report excerpt
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Summary
This document page, stamped with a House Oversight footer, details the formation of the Freedom of the Press Foundation in 2012 to fund WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning amidst financial blockades. It narrates the prelude to the Snowden leaks, describing Edward Snowden's admiration for journalist Glenn Greenwald's anti-surveillance writings and Snowden's initial attempts (under the alias Cincinnatus) to contact Greenwald and urge him to use email encryption. It highlights specific blog posts from November 2012 where Greenwald criticized the US surveillance state.
People (9)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist/Activist |
Board member of Freedom of the Press Foundation; target of Snowden's leaks; lived in Brazil.
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| Laura Poitras | Board Member |
Director of Freedom of the Press Foundation.
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| Runa Sandvik | Foundation Member |
Joined Freedom of the Press Foundation; invited by Snowden to co-host crypto party.
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| Micah Lee | Foundation Member |
Joined Freedom of the Press Foundation.
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| Julian Assange | WikiLeaks Founder |
Recipient of funds via Freedom of the Press Foundation.
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| Bradley Manning | Whistleblower |
Subject of a defense fund supported by the Foundation.
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| John Perry Barlow | Financial Backer |
Grateful Dead songwriter; chief financial backer of the Foundation; served on Board Dec 2012.
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| Edward Snowden | Whistleblower |
Used alias 'Cincinnatus'; attempted to contact Greenwald regarding NSA leaks.
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| David Petraeus | General / CIA Director |
Mentioned in Greenwald blog regarding a sex scandal and intercepted emails.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Freedom of the Press Foundation |
Set up to funnel money to WikiLeaks and Manning defense fund.
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| WikiLeaks |
Target of financial blockade; recipient of foundation funds.
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| Grateful Dead |
Band associated with John Perry Barlow.
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| NSA (National Security Agency) |
Target of Snowden's leaks; conducting surveillance.
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| The Guardian |
Newspaper where Greenwald published his blog.
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| Washington Post |
Cited by Greenwald regarding NSA collection stats.
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| CIA |
Headed by Petraeus.
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Timeline (3 events)
December 2012
John Perry Barlow served on the Board of Freedom of the Press Foundation with Greenwald and Poitras.
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November 13 2012
Greenwald publishes blog post 18 days before Snowden contacts him.
The Guardian (publication)
November 2012
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Where Glenn Greenwald lived.
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Described as a 'surveillance state run amok'.
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Relationships (3)
Snowden attempted to contact Greenwald; Snowden read Greenwald's screeds.
Barlow was one of its chief financial backers... served on its Board.
Snowden invited Runa Sandvik to co-host his crypto party.
Key Quotes (4)
"WikiLeaks had been cut off from more than 90 percent of its finances."Source
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"The first serious info war is now engaged... The field of battle is WikiLeaks."Source
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Quote #2
"The US operates a sprawling, unaccountable Surveillance State that, in violent breach of the core guarantees of the Fourth Amendment, monitors and records virtually everything even the most law-abiding citizens do."Source
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Quote #3
"Every day, collection systems at the National Security Agency intercept and store 1.7 billion e-mails, phone calls and other types of communications."Source
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Quote #4
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