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People
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Organizations
5
Locations
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Events
3
Relationships
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This document appears to be a page (188) from a book manuscript or investigative report regarding Edward Snowden's defection to Russia. The text analyzes the damage control efforts by the NSA and GCHQ following the breach, Snowden's life in Moscow, and questions his motives for taking specific documents that were never released to journalists. The author mentions making arrangements to travel to Moscow in October 2015 to investigate the circumstances of Snowden's arrival in Russia. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp.

People (7)

Name Role Context
Edward Snowden Subject
Former NSA contractor/whistleblower currently in Moscow.
Vladimir Putin Russian President
Described as using Snowden to claim moral high ground.
Anatoly Kucherena Legal Representative
Snowden's lawyer in Moscow who confirmed Snowden took NSA documents to Russia.
Laura Poitras Journalist/Filmmaker
Recipient of leaked documents.
Glenn Greenwald Journalist
Recipient of leaked documents.
Barton Gellman Journalist
Recipient of leaked documents.
Author (Unnamed in text) Investigator/Writer
Narrator ('I') who made arrangements to visit Moscow in Oct 2015.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
NSA
National Security Agency, victim of the breach.
GCHQ
British intelligence agency, targeted by Snowden's document requests.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the footer stamp.

Timeline (2 events)

October 2015
Author made arrangements to visit Moscow to investigate Snowden's defection.
Moscow
Author
Post-Breach
Damage control by US and British intelligence officers.
Washington DC, Fort Meade, Cheltenham
Intelligence Officers

Locations (5)

Location Context
Location of damage control operations.
NSA headquarters location.
GCHQ location.
Snowden's current location and destination of author.
Location where Snowden gave documents to journalists.

Relationships (3)

Edward Snowden Political Asset Vladimir Putin
Putin used Snowden's platform to rail against adversaries.
Edward Snowden Legal Representation Anatoly Kucherena
Kucherena identified as his legal representative in Moscow.
Edward Snowden Source/Journalist Poitras, Greenwald, Gellman
Snowden gave documents to them.

Key Quotes (4)

"deliberately “trapping” him in Moscow, was to “demonize” him."
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"Putin laid claim to the moral high ground in the Game of Nations."
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"What remains missing from this picture is Snowden's motive in requesting documents from other foreign intelligence services"
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"Copying them was, as we have seen, part of his well-calculated plan."
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