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Extraction Summary
7
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
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Congressional report / investigative narrative
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Summary
This document appears to be page 129 of a House Oversight report (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020281) discussing Edward Snowden, not Jeffrey Epstein. It details a theory that Russian intelligence may have been aware of Snowden's activities prior to his arrival in Hong Kong in 2013 by monitoring the anti-surveillance activists he communicated with, such as Runa Sandvik and Laura Poitras. The text includes insights from a 2015 interview with a former NSA counterintelligence officer regarding Russian capabilities to bypass encryption and potentially steer Snowden's movements.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Subject/NSA Leaker |
Former NSA contractor suspected of being under Russian influence; leaked NSA documents.
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| Runa Sandvik | Activist |
Anti-surveillance activist to whom Snowden supplied his true name and address via email.
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| Micah Lee | Activist |
Member of the anti-surveillance movement in contact with Snowden.
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| Jacob Appelbaum | Activist |
Member of the anti-surveillance movement in contact with Snowden.
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| Parker Higgins | Activist |
Member of the anti-surveillance movement in contact with Snowden.
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| Laura Poitras | Journalist/Activist |
Member of the anti-surveillance circle; used encryption to communicate with Snowden.
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| Unnamed Individual | Former NSA counterintelligence officer |
Interviewed by the author in 2015 regarding Russian capabilities and Snowden.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Russian intelligence service | ||
| NSA | ||
| KGB | ||
| House Oversight Committee |
Timeline (3 events)
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Location where Snowden fled and stayed for 33 days; potential venue for media events.
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Location where previous NSA defectors were taken.
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Country associated with the intelligence service discussed.
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Mentioned alongside Russia as possibly having access to Snowden's personnel file.
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Relationships (3)
Snowden supplied his true name and address via email to Sandvik.
Used PGP encryption, aliases and TOR in exchanges.
Author
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Interviewer/Source
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Former NSA counterintelligence officer
Officer told the author information in 2015.
Key Quotes (4)
"It is not statistically improbable that members of this circle were being watched by a hostile service"Source
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Quote #1
"That might work against amateurs, but it wouldn’t stop the Russians if they thought they might have a defector in the NSA."Source
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Quote #2
"That depends on whether Snowden had a confidante who could have influenced him."Source
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Quote #3
"Snowden’s going public on June 9th 2013 provided that opportunity."Source
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Quote #4
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