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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

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Type: Book excerpt / evidentiary document
File Size: 1.64 MB
Summary

This document is page 222 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (ISBN implied in footer), stamped with 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019710'. The text discusses the history of espionage between Russian intelligence (SVR/KGB) and the US NSA, specifically focusing on Putin's strategy in 2013 and the historical defection of NSA mathematicians William Martin and Bernon Mitchell in 1960. While the content is historical non-fiction, the file naming convention ('Epst_...') suggests it was included in a document production related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Vladimir Putin President of Russia
Mentioned in the context of 2013 intelligence strategies against the NSA.
William Martin NSA Defector
Mathematician who defected to Moscow in 1960.
Bernon Mitchell NSA Defector
Mathematician who defected to Moscow in 1960.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
NSA
National Security Agency, primary target of Russian espionage discussed in text.
SVR
Russian foreign intelligence service.
KGB
Former Russian intelligence service.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (3 events)

1960
Defection of William Martin and Bernon Mitchell to Moscow via Cuba.
Moscow via Cuba
1960-09-06
Ninety-minute press conference organized by the KGB for the defectors.
Moscow
2013
Putin reckoning with reality that Russia could not compete with NSA in intercepting communications.
Russia

Locations (8)

Location Context
Country involved in intelligence activities.
Country mentioned regarding monitoring activities.
Country mentioned regarding nuclear proliferation.
Country mentioned regarding nuclear proliferation.
Country mentioned regarding nuclear proliferation.
Main enemy of Russian intelligence according to text.
Destination of defectors.
Transit point for defectors in 1960.

Relationships (1)

William Martin Colleagues/Co-defectors Bernon Mitchell
They were mathematicians working on the NSA's decryption machines who went to Moscow via Cuba in 1960.

Key Quotes (3)

"The Russian intelligence service is, as far as is known, the only intelligence service in the world that ever succeeded in penetrating the NSA."
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"One way to remedy the imbalance between Russian intelligence and the NSA was via espionage."
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Quote #2
"The first two defectors in the NSA's history were William Martin and Bernon Mitchell."
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Quote #3

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