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Extraction Summary
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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 page proof / congressional evidence
File Size:
1.68 MB
Summary
This document is page 122 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein), stamped as evidence for the House Oversight Committee. It details the history of NSA domestic surveillance, the role of the FISA court, the impact of the 9/11 attacks and the Patriot Act, and Edward Snowden's 2013 disclosures regarding Verizon phone records. The filename suggests it is a printer proof used in a legal or congressional context.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Subject / Whistleblower |
Disclosed NSA surveillance programs to journalists.
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| Edward Jay Epstein | Author |
Likely author of the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (implied by filename prefix 'Epst' and book title).
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Organizations (8)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency, conducted domestic surveillance mandated by Congress.
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| Congress |
Mandated NSA surveillance and passed the Patriot Act.
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| FBI |
Designates foreign terrorists and spies.
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| Verizon |
Telecommunications company that provided phone records to the NSA.
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| The Guardian |
Newspaper that received disclosures from Snowden.
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| The Washington Post |
Newspaper that received disclosures from Snowden.
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| FISA Court |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, issued warrants for data collection.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Government body handling the document (indicated by Bates stamp).
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Location of surveillance activities.
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Relationships (2)
Snowden disclosed it to The Guardian and The Washington Post.
Key Quotes (3)
"The government's rationale for keeping these anti-terrorist programs secret from the public was that it did not want the foreign suspects to realize their communications in America were being monitored."Source
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Quote #1
"The documents he provided the journalists showed that the NSA had been obtaining phone records collected by Verizon every three months."Source
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Quote #2
"Ever since the 9/11 attacks, the NSA has increasingly played a role in this surveillance state, not by its own choice, but because Congress mandated it."Source
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Quote #3
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