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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
3
Locations
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Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / congressional exhibit
File Size:
1.61 MB
Summary
This document is page 32 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein), stamped as a House Oversight exhibit. It details Edward Snowden's employment with Dell in 2009, his work on the NSA backup system EPICSHELTER, and his discovery of security flaws regarding system administrator access. The text also references his lack of academic credits from UMUC and compares the role of 'rogue system administrators' to the ideology of Julian Assange.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | System Administrator |
Subject of the text; worked for Dell at NSA; enrolled at UMUC.
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| Stevens | Assistant Registrar of UMUC |
Interviewed by the author in 2016 regarding Snowden's enrollment.
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| Julian Assange | Hacktivist |
Mentioned as adopting the battle cry for sysadmins to leak documents.
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| Karl Marx | Historical Figure |
Referenced in comparison to Assange's call to action.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| UMUC |
University of Maryland University College; where Snowden enrolled in summer 2009.
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| Dell |
Technology company; Snowden's employer assigned to NSA contract.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; client for Dell's EPICSHELTER project.
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| WikiLeaks |
Organization mentioned by Assange for receiving classified documents.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
October 2009
Relationships (3)
In October 2009, Dell assigned Snowden a job...
Snowden a job in which he had direct access to the NSA's computers.
Stevens... who I spoke to at the base in 2016...
Key Quotes (3)
"Sysadmins of the world, unite."Source
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Quote #1
"I actually recommended they [the NSA] move to two-man control for administrative access back in 2009."Source
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Quote #2
"A whistleblower could use these things, but so could a spy."Source
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Quote #3
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