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Extraction Summary
7
People
7
Organizations
2
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / evidence production
File Size:
1.67 MB
Summary
This document is page 192 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the filename 'Epst...'), stamped with 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019680'. The text discusses intelligence failures involving the CIA, KGB, and NSA, specifically detailing how Russian disinformation was unwittingly passed to Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton via 'blue-striped' reports. It also mentions the Snowden breach and quotes General Hayden on the nature of cyber warfare.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Snowden | Subject of intelligence breach |
Mentioned in relation to NSA breaches and timeline of joining intelligence services.
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| Ronald Reagan | Former US President |
Recipient of blue-striped intelligence reports containing Russian disinformation.
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| George H. W. Bush | Former US President |
Recipient of blue-striped intelligence reports containing Russian disinformation.
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| Bill Clinton | Former US President |
Recipient of blue-striped intelligence reports containing Russian disinformation.
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| John Deutch | CIA Director |
Called the handling of Russian disinformation 'an inexcusable lapse'.
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| Le Carré | Author |
Referenced regarding descriptions of bureaucratic fear in spy novels.
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| General Hayden | General / Interviewee |
Quoted regarding the nature of cyber warfare and the advantage of the attacker.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Russian intelligence |
Discussed regarding penetration of US intelligence.
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| U.S. intelligence |
Target of Russian penetration.
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| CIA |
Discussed regarding inspector general study and double agents.
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| KGB |
Discussed regarding use of false defectors.
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| NSA |
Discussed in relation to the Snowden breach.
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| The Wall Street Journal |
Publisher interviewed General Hayden.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019680'.
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Timeline (2 events)
1995
CIA Inspector General completed a study of KGB's use of false defectors.
USA
CIA Inspector General
2015
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Location where disinformation was prepared.
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Country discussing cyber warfare strategy.
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Relationships (2)
Referred to as 'CIA director John Deutch'
General Hayden said in an interview in 2015 with the publisher of The Wall Street Journal
Key Quotes (4)
"broke the record for secret keeping."Source
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Quote #1
"senior CIA officers responsible for these reports had known that some of their sources for this information were controlled by Russian intelligence"Source
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Quote #2
"an inexcusable lapse"Source
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Quote #3
"There are no rivers or hills up here. It's all flat. All advantage goes to the attacker"Source
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Quote #4
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