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Extraction Summary
9
People
6
Organizations
4
Locations
1
Events
4
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / congressional exhibit
File Size:
1.64 MB
Summary
This document is page 155 from a book (likely 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, indicated by the filename 'Epst' and ISBN 9780451494566), marked as a House Oversight exhibit. The text speculates on whether Edward Snowden had a hidden collaborator within the NSA, drawing parallels to historical Russian moles like Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. It includes details of an interview the author conducted with KGB handler Victor Cherkashin in Moscow in 2015 regarding the ability of intelligence services to hide moles.
People (9)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Subject/NSA Leaker |
Discussed regarding his potential collaboration with Russian intelligence.
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| Laura Poitras | Filmmaker/Journalist |
Associate of Snowden in Hong Kong.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Associate of Snowden in Hong Kong; told by Snowden he wanted to divert suspicion.
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| Carl Sagan | Astronomer |
Quoted regarding 'absence of evidence'.
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| Robert Hanssen | FBI Agent / KGB Mole |
Cited as an example of a mole who eluded detection for 20 years.
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| Aldrich Ames | CIA Officer / KGB Mole |
Cited as an example of a mole who eluded detection for 10 years.
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| Victor Cherkashin | KGB Case Officer |
Interviewed by the author in Moscow in 2015 regarding Hanssen and Ames.
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| James Jesus Angleton | CIA Counterintelligence Chief |
Mentioned regarding his 'paranoid mind' about moles.
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| Edward Jay Epstein | Author (Implied) |
The narrator ('I') interviewing Cherkashin; filename 'Epst' refers to his book.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency, target of Snowden's leaks.
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| Booz Allen |
Consulting firm where Snowden was employed.
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, penetrated by Hanssen.
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| KGB |
Soviet intelligence agency, handler of Hanssen and Ames.
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency, penetrated by Ames.
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| Russian intelligence services |
General reference to foreign intelligence capabilities.
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Timeline (1 events)
2015
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Location where Snowden met Poitras and Greenwald.
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Location where Snowden worked; potential location of a collaborator.
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Location of the 2015 interview with Victor Cherkashin.
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Referenced as U.S. intelligence.
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Relationships (4)
Snowden told Greenwald to divert suspicion.
Made video with Poitras in Hong Kong.
Cherkashin identified as their KGB case officer.
Cherkashin identified as their KGB case officer.
Key Quotes (3)
"absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."Source
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Quote #1
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"Source
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Quote #2
"CIA denial [of moles] certainly helped."Source
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Quote #3
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