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Type: Book draft / manuscript page (house oversight committee production)
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Summary

This document appears to be a page (p. 220) from a book chapter titled 'The Russians Are Coming,' likely authored by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by filename 'Epst_...'). The text discusses the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea and the failure of the NSA to detect the troop buildup, citing a report from The Wall Street Journal and Pentagon sources. The page bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp, suggesting it was part of a congressional document production.

People (1)

Name Role Context
Vladimir Putin President of Russia / Former KGB Officer
Quoted regarding the collapse of the Soviet Union; described as having firm ideas about restoring Russia's power and ...

Organizations (6)

Name Type Context
NSA
National Security Agency; criticized for failing to detect Russian troop movements into Crimea.
The Wall Street Journal
Newspaper cited for a report on the NSA's intelligence failure.
Pentagon
Cited as the source for The Wall Street Journal report.
KGB
Former employment of Vladimir Putin.
Russian military forces
Invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019708'.

Timeline (2 events)

February and March 2014
Russian military forces moved into the Crimea and other parts of eastern Ukraine.
Crimea, Ukraine
February and March 2014
NSA surveillance failure to detect weeklong massing of Russian elite troops.
Ukraine border

Locations (7)

Location Context
Site of Russian invasion.
Site of Russian invasion.
Country conducting the military operation.
Historical context for previous troop movements.
Historical context for previous troop movements.
Historical context for previous troop movements.
Historical context for previous troop movements.

Relationships (1)

Vladimir Putin Former Employment KGB
A formidable KGB officer before he became president

Key Quotes (2)

"The collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. —VLADIMIR PUTIN"
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"Never before had the NSA’s multibillion-dollar armada of sensors and other apparatus for intercepting signals missed such a massive military operation."
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