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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: Investigative report / narrative summary (likely from house oversight committee production)
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Summary

This page, marked with a House Oversight Bates stamp, details the events of mid-June (likely 2013) regarding Edward Snowden's leak of NSA files. It describes Laura Poitras realizing she was being surveilled in Hong Kong and subsequently fleeing to Berlin on June 15th. Simultaneously, the document notes Snowden was finalizing his assessment of stolen files and contacting Julian Assange to arrange his own exit from Hong Kong.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Edward Snowden Subject
Reading/assessing stolen NSA files; organizing exit from Hong Kong; contacting Julian Assange.
Laura Poitras Journalist/Filmmaker
Vetted the Lam interview; suspected being followed; fled Hong Kong for Berlin.
Lam Interviewer/Journalist
Subject of an interview vetted by Poitras (likely Lana Lam of SCMP).
Julian Assange WikiLeaks Founder
Recipient of a phone call from Snowden regarding his exit strategies.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
NSA
National Security Agency; source of files stolen by Snowden.
Vogue
Magazine that interviewed Poitras in 2014.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' at the bottom.

Timeline (2 events)

June 14th
Snowden assessing stolen NSA files; Poitras suspects she is being followed by intelligence services.
Hong Kong
June 15th
Laura Poitras flees Hong Kong for Berlin to edit footage.
Hong Kong to Berlin

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location of Snowden and Poitras; place where intelligence services were active.
Location Poitras fled to; location of 2014 Vogue interview.
Mentioned in context of network operations.

Relationships (2)

Edward Snowden Professional/Source-Journalist Laura Poitras
Poitras was in contact with Snowden and editing footage of him.
Edward Snowden Political/Strategic Julian Assange
Snowden placed a call to Julian Assange to organize his exit.

Key Quotes (3)

"independent of my bias, as to whether or not the knowledge of U.S. network operations against their people should be published."
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"I was being tailed"
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Quote #2
"The risks became very great"
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Quote #3

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