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Extraction Summary
17
People
4
Organizations
6
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book acknowledgments page (marked with house oversight stamp)
File Size:
1.2 MB
Summary
This document is page 306 (Acknowledgments) from a book regarding Edward Snowden, likely titled 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (inferred from filename 'Epst' and ISBN). The page details the author's gratitude to various research assistants, fixers, and publishing staff who helped facilitate research trips to Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, and Moscow. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional document production.
People (17)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | Subject |
The subject of the book; the author retraced his flights and visited his workplace.
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| The Author | Writer/Investigator |
Wrote the book, conducted research in Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, and Moscow. (Context from filename 'Epst' indicates E...
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| Ena Talakic | Assistant/Documentarian |
Assisted on research trips, filmed interviews, provided photographs.
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| Ines Talakic | Assistant/Documentarian |
Assisted on research trips, filmed interviews, provided photographs.
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| Alexander Bitter | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Hawaii.
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| Joyce Xu | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Hong Kong.
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| Ko Shoiya | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Japan.
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| Zamir Gotta | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Russia.
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| Natalie Filkina | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Russia.
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| Svetlana Chervonnaya | Assistant |
Helped arrange interviews in Russia.
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| Nick Grube | Editor (Civil Beat) |
Accompanied author to the NSA base in Honolulu.
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| Nancy Novick | Photo Researcher |
Helped find photographs for the book.
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| Zachary Gresham | Fact-checker/Proofreader |
Performed fact-checking.
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| Ingrid Sterner | Copyeditor |
Provided copyediting skills.
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| Mort Janklow | Agent |
Represented the author for three decades; arranged publishing with Knopf.
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| Julia Ringo | Publishing Team (Knopf) |
Helped prepare the book.
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| Jonathan Segal | Editor |
Meticulously edited the book.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher of the book.
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| Civil Beat |
News organization in Honolulu.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; base visited in Hawaii.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the document control stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
Unknown (Research Phase)
Relationships (3)
Author wrote book about Snowden and retraced his steps.
Represented me for three decades.
Meticulously editing this book.
Key Quotes (3)
"Because I do not believe an investigative book should be written without the author visiting the crime scene and other pertinent venues, I undertook research in Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, and Moscow."Source
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Quote #1
"Where possible, I flew the same flights that Snowden did."Source
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Quote #2
"Because I perform all my own research, I alone am responsible for any errors that appear in this book."Source
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Quote #3
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