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Document Information
This document is page 173 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the filename 'Epst' and ISBN), marked as a House Oversight Committee exhibit. The text details the author's investigation into Edward Snowden's handling of stolen NSA documents, specifically citing interviews with Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena. The text establishes that Snowden retained a specific set of sensitive documents for himself—withholding them from journalists Greenwald and Poitras in Hong Kong—and that Kucherena later received reports and statements regarding Snowden from Russian authorities in July 2013. The document discusses the concern of US intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, DOD) regarding what Snowden did with the documents he kept while in Russia.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Shevardnadze | Interviewer/Journalist |
Granddaughter of former Georgian president; interviewed Kucherena regarding Snowden.
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| Kucherena | Lawyer/Intermediary |
Anatoly Kucherena, intermediary for Snowden with Russian authorities; interviewed by Shevardnadze and the author.
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| Edward Snowden | Subject |
Former NSA contractor who took documents; subject of the interviews discussed.
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| Eduard Shevardnadze | Politician |
Mentioned as 'Politburo member of the Soviet Union' and 'first president of Georgia' (grandfather of the interviewer).
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Received NSA documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.
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| Laura Poitras | Journalist |
Received NSA documents from Snowden in Hong Kong.
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| Lam | Journalist |
Likely Lana Lam (SCMP); mentioned as one of the people Snowden spoke to in Hong Kong.
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| Author (Me) | Author/Investigator |
Edward Jay Epstein (inferred from filename/ISBN); interviewed Kucherena in Moscow in 2015.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Soviet Union |
Historical context for Shevardnadze's family.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; source of the stolen documents.
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| FSB |
Russian Federal Security Service; negotiated with Snowden.
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| Russian intelligence services |
Interested in Snowden's secret material.
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency; investigating the document theft.
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| Department of Defense |
Investigating the document theft.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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Location of Kucherena and Snowden.
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Historical political entity.
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Country where Shevardnadze's grandfather was president.
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Location where the author interviewed Kucherena in 2015.
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Location where Snowden met journalists and divided the documents.
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Relationships (3)
Key Quotes (4)
"When I interviewed Kucherena in Moscow in 2015, he told me that 'all the reports' concerning Snowden had been turned over to him by 'Russian authorities' in July 2013."Source
"'I had all of Snowden's statements,' he said."Source
"Kucherena answered her question without any evasion, saying that Snowden had only given 'some' of the NSA's documents in his possession to journalists in Hong Kong."Source
"He had kept the remaining documents in his possession."Source
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