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Extraction Summary
8
People
5
Organizations
2
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
5
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Investigative report / narrative account (likely part of a congressional report given the footer)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a report or narrative (marked House Oversight) detailing the logistics and communications leading up to the publication of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks in June 2013. It describes the coordination between Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and The Guardian (represented by 'Gibson' and Ewen MacAskill), including travel to Hong Kong and the setup of a contingency website with a 'dead man's switch.' The text focuses on Snowden's motivations, his specific instructions to journalists, and the editorial decisions made by The Guardian regarding Snowden's manifesto versus the NSA documents.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Source / Whistleblower |
Orchestrating the leak of NSA documents, communicating with journalists, setting up contingency websites.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Negotiating with the Guardian, traveling to Hong Kong to meet Snowden.
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| Gibson | Editor/Authority at The Guardian |
Authorized Greenwald's trip to Hong Kong, decided against publishing the manifesto.
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| Laura Poitras | Filmmaker/Journalist |
Accompanying Greenwald to Hong Kong, paying her own way, communicating approval to Snowden.
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| Ewen MacAskill | Guardian Staffer / Journalist |
61-year-old veteran journalist, former Washington bureau chief, assigned to evaluate the source.
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| Micah Lee | Technologist / Associate |
Associate at Freedom of the Press Foundation, built Snowden's contingency website.
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| Mills | Snowden's Girlfriend |
Mentioned regarding her blog and a petition a year earlier.
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| Thomas Jefferson | Historical Figure |
Quoted/Paraphrased by Snowden regarding the Constitution.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| The Guardian |
Newspaper publishing the story.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency, source of the stolen documents.
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| Wikileaks |
Referenced as a comparison for the impact of the scoop.
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| Freedom of the Press Foundation |
Organization where Micah Lee was an associate.
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| Cathay Pacific |
Airline used for the flight to Hong Kong.
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Timeline (2 events)
Early June 2013
Snowden explains his document selection process to Guardian journalists.
Hong Kong
Edward Snowden
Guardian Journalists
June 2, 2013
Arrival of Greenwald, Poitras, and MacAskill in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of Snowden and the meeting place for the journalists.
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Location of the bureau where MacAskill was chief.
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Relationships (3)
She authorized Greenwald’s trip... negotiating with Gibson.
Micah Lee, Poitras’ associate at the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Referenced as 'his girlfriend Mills'.
Key Quotes (5)
"It is going to sound crazy to some people."Source
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Quote #1
"Even the Constitution is subverted when the appetites of power demand it"Source
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Quote #2
"Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography."Source
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Quote #3
"Supportonlinerights.com"Source
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Quote #4
"I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed"Source
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Quote #5
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