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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Type: Book page / congressional oversight production
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Summary

This document is page 12 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, indicated by the filename), produced as part of a House Oversight Committee investigation (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019500). The text details the author's investigation into Edward Snowden, specifically focusing on the timeline of his theft of classified materials beginning in the summer of 2012, contrary to the narrative that it began immediately prior to his June 2013 meeting with journalists in Hong Kong. The author expresses an intent to uncover Snowden's background, motivation, and activities prior to his flight to Hong Kong.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Edward Snowden Subject
Former US government worker, subject of the author's investigation regarding the leak of classified documents.
Narrator (Author) Investigator/Author
The person writing the book, investigating Snowden's background and trip to Hong Kong. (Context implies Edward Jay Ep...
Director of National Intelligence Official
Mentioned as the authority establishing access control systems for SCI material.
Guardian reporters Journalists
Recipients of classified documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
U.S. Government
Snowden's employer for seven years.
NSA
National Security Agency; determined when Snowden began copying documents.
The Guardian
Newspaper whose reporters received documents from Snowden.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (3 events)

June 2013
Snowden met with Guardian reporters.
Hong Kong
Late May to Early June 2013
Snowden eluded American intelligence and fled to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Summer 2012
Snowden began illicitly copying documents.
USA (Implied)

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location where Snowden fled and met reporters; location of author's trip.
Location from which Snowden made a comment about not being an angel.
Country of origin for the intelligence regime.

Relationships (2)

Edward Snowden Employment U.S. Government
He had been working for the U.S. government for the previous seven years.
Edward Snowden Source/Journalist Guardian reporters
handing over classified documents to the Guardian reporters

Key Quotes (3)

"Snowden was not, as he himself pointed out from Moscow, an 'angel descending from the heavens.'"
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"I first needed to find out who Edward Snowden was."
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"Such SCI material is considered so sensitive that it must be handled within formal access control systems established by the director of national intelligence."
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