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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 excerpt / discovery document
File Size:
1.68 MB
Summary
This document is page 200 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the filename 'Epst_'), produced as a discovery document (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019688). The text details the history of NSA surveillance capabilities, including a 1971 submarine wiretap mission in the Sea of Okhotsk and the 1980 expansion of powers under President Reagan's Executive Order 12333. It does not mention Jeffrey Epstein directly; the file prefix likely relates to the author's surname or the file's inclusion in a broader production set.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ronald Reagan | President of the United States |
Issued Executive Order 12333 in 1980 giving NSA a clear mandate to expand interception.
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| Stansfield Turner | Admiral / Former Director of Central Intelligence |
Quoted in 1985 regarding surveillance capabilities.
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| Bobby Ray Inman | Former Director of NSA / Deputy Director of CIA |
Argued about the vastness of American intelligence 'take' from the Soviet Union.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Central Intelligence Agency |
Mentioned in list of agencies; Bobby Ray Inman was deputy director.
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| Treasury Department |
Mentioned in list of agencies.
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| Atomic Energy Commission |
Mentioned in list of agencies.
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| FBI |
Mentioned in list of agencies.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; primary subject of the text regarding surveillance capabilities and history.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019688' at the bottom right.
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Timeline (2 events)
1971
NSA sent a specially equipped submarine into Russia's Sea of Okhotsk to tap a Russian cable.
Sea of Okhotsk
Locations (6)
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Location of a 1971 NSA submarine mission.
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Target of NSA surveillance.
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Geographic context for Sea of Okhotsk.
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Location of Russian naval headquarters connected by cable.
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Country whose interests are protected by intelligence gathering.
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Target of intelligence gathering.
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Relationships (2)
Identified as former director of the NSA
Identified as former director of central intelligence
Key Quotes (5)
"With a multibillion-dollar 'black budget' hidden from public scrutiny, the NSA's technology directorate invested in state-of-the-art equipment..."Source
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Quote #1
"In 1980, President Ronald Reagan gave the NSA a clear mandate to expand its interception of foreign communications."Source
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Quote #2
""all means, consistent with applicable Federal law and this [Executive] order, and with full consideration of the rights of United States persons, shall be used to obtain reliable intelligence information to protect the United States and its interests.""Source
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Quote #3
""We are approaching a time when we will be able to survey almost any point on the earth's surface with some sensor," Admiral Stansfield Turner... wrote in 1985."Source
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Quote #4
""We should soon be able to keep track of most of the activities on the surface of the earth.""Source
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Quote #5
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