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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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This document page (137) from a House Oversight file details the aftermath of Edward Snowden's flight to Russia, specifically focusing on whether he retained sensitive NSA documents. Through interviews with his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena (conducted by Sophie Shevardnadze in 2013 and the author in 2015), it is confirmed that Snowden did not give all documents to journalists in Hong Kong but retained a second, more sensitive set of files while in Russia.

People (8)

Name Role Context
Edward Snowden Subject
Former NSA contractor, subject of the document regarding his possession of classified files in Russia.
Anatoly Kucherena Lawyer
Snowden's Moscow lawyer who acted as intermediary with Russian authorities.
Sophie Shevardnadze Journalist
Interviewer on RT Television, host of 'Sophie & Co'.
Edward Shevardnadze Politician
Former foreign minister of Soviet Union, first president of Georgia, grandfather of Sophie Shevardnadze.
Glenn Greenwald Journalist
Received documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.
Laura Poitras Filmmaker/Journalist
Received documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.
Lam Journalist/Associate
Mentioned as being in Hong Kong with Greenwald and Poitras.
Unnamed Narrator (I) Author/Investigator
Interviewed Kucherena in Moscow in 2015.

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
RT Television
State owned channel where the interview took place.
NSA
National Security Agency, source of the stolen documents.
FSB
Russian intelligence service.
Politburo
Governing body of the Soviet Union.
Associated Press
News agency that Greenwald spoke to.
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency.
Department of Defense
US government department concerned with the leak.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (3 events)

2013 (Prior to Russia)
Snowden hands over documents to journalists (Set 1) and retains others (Set 2).
Hong Kong
2013-07
Russian authorities turned over reports concerning Snowden to Kucherena.
Russia
Anatoly Kucherena Russian authorities
2013-09-23
Anatoly Kucherena interviewed by Sophie Shevardnadze on RT Television.
Russia (implied studio)

Locations (5)

Location Context
Location of Kucherena and the 2015 interview.
Country where Snowden sought asylum.
Location where Snowden met journalists and handed over the first set of documents.
Country formerly led by Edward Shevardnadze.
Historical political entity.

Relationships (3)

Edward Snowden Client/Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena
referred to as 'his Moscow lawyer'
Sophie Shevardnadze Granddaughter/Grandfather Edward Shevardnadze
She is also the grand-daughter of Edward Shevardnadze
Edward Snowden Source/Journalist Glenn Greenwald
Snowden told them that he had divided the stolen NSA documents... One set he gave to Poitras and Greenwald

Key Quotes (3)

"Shevardnadze: So he [Snowden] does have some materials that haven’t been made public yet? Kucherena: Certainly."
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"Snowden had only given 'some' of the NSA’s documents in his possession to journalists in Hong Kong. He had kept the remaining documents in his possession."
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""is in possession of literally thousands of documents ... that would allow somebody who read them to know exactly how the NSA does what it does, which would in turn allow them to evade that surveillance or replicate it.""
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Quote #3

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