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Extraction Summary
10
People
6
Organizations
3
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Investigative report / house oversight committee record
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Summary
This document, marked as House Oversight material, analyzes the Snowden leaks specifically regarding the surveillance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It argues that the document revealing the spying on Merkel was not part of the original cache Snowden gave to Greenwald and Poitras in Hong Kong, suggesting it was released later from Moscow or via another source. The text details James Bamford's forensic analysis of the drive, which found no mention of Merkel, leading to speculation about how *Der Spiegel* obtained the information.
People (10)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | Whistleblower / NSA Contractor |
Discussed regarding his document leaks and timeline of access to specific files while in Hong Kong vs Moscow.
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| Angela Merkel | German Chancellor |
Target of NSA spying; specific documents regarding her phone are the subject of the text.
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| Laura Poitras | Journalist |
Received documents from Snowden; communicated with Snowden via text regarding the Merkel story.
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| Jacob Appelbaum | Author / WikiLeaks Supporter |
Co-author of Der Spiegel article; served as Poitras' co-interrogator of Snowden.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Received documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.
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| Kucherena | Lawyer/Spokesperson (implied) |
Asserted Snowden had access to the archive; disclosed Snowden withheld some documents.
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| James Bamford | Expert / Author |
Researched NSA/Snowden for Wired magazine; analyzed the Snowden archive.
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| MacAskill | Journalist |
Mentioned as one of the journalists dealing with Snowden in Hong Kong.
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| Lam | Journalist (likely) |
Mentioned alongside Poitras, Greenwald, and MacAskill.
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| Gellman | Journalist |
One of the recipients of Snowden's documents.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| NSA |
National Security Agency; organization Snowden worked for and leaked documents from.
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| Der Spiegel |
German newspaper that broke the story about spying on Merkel.
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| WikiLeaks |
Organization supported by Appelbaum.
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| The Guardian |
Newspaper that would have published the Merkel scoop if they had it.
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| Wired magazine |
Publication Bamford wrote for.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
May 2013
Appelbaum served as Poitras' co-interrogator of Snowden while Snowden was still at NSA.
Unknown (Remote/Electronic)
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location where Snowden met journalists and handed over initial documents.
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Location Snowden traveled to; where he was when Poitras texted him.
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Place where the Merkel document was published.
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Relationships (3)
She urgently texted Snowden on what she called 'background'...
He had served as Poitras’ co-interrogator of Snowden...
He wrote Poitras and asked...
Key Quotes (4)
"Merkel was listed by her true name (and not by a codename) in the NSA document because the German chancellor was a NSA 'target not an asset.'"Source
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Quote #1
"Adding to the intrigue, Poitras was apparently caught by surprise when the Merkel story broke in Der Spiegel."Source
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Quote #2
"According to source with knowledge of the Snowden investigation, there was no document referencing any spying on Merkel’s phone among the 58,000 documents on the thumb drive that Snowden had given Poitras and Greenwald in Hong Kong."Source
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Quote #3
"In that context, it may have not been a pure coincide that Kucherena’s disclosed that Snowden had access to documents which he had not given to journalists in Hong Kong shortly before just such a document was [published in Germany."Source
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Quote #4
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