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Extraction Summary
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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
Document Information
Type:
Book page / evidence production
File Size:
1.65 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 148 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, based on the ISBN in the footer), included in a House Oversight Committee production. The text discusses the blurred lines between whistle-blowers and spies, citing historical examples such as Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, the 1971 FBI office burglary in Media, PA, and Philip Agee's defection to the KGB. It concludes by introducing the Edward Snowden case.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Daniel Ellsberg | Whistle-blower / Military Analyst |
Worked at Rand Corporation; copied secret documents known as the Pentagon Papers.
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| Anthony Russo | Accomplice |
Worked at Rand Corporation; helped Ellsberg copy the Pentagon Papers.
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| Philip Agee | Former CIA / Defector |
Left CIA in 1969; defected to Cuba; accused of providing secrets to KGB.
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| Oleg Kalugin | Soviet Counterintelligence Officer |
Top officer in KGB who defected to US; claimed Agee provided secrets to KGB.
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| Snowden | Subject |
Mentioned in the final sentence regarding the blurring line between whistle-blowers and spies.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| WikiLeaks |
Offered bounties for secret documents in 2015.
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| Rand Corporation |
Employer of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo.
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation; office in Media, PA was burglarized.
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency; former employer of Philip Agee.
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| Soviet Union / KGB |
Intelligence agency that received information from Philip Agee.
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| Cuban intelligence service |
Received information from Philip Agee.
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Timeline (4 events)
1969
Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo copied secret documents (Pentagon Papers).
Rand Corporation
1971-03-08
Eight whistle-blowers broke into an FBI office and stole files.
Media, Pennsylvania
Eight unnamed whistle-blowers
Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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Location of the FBI office broken into in 1971.
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Location of Soviet embassy contacted by Agee; location of KGB residency.
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Where Philip Agee defected.
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Location where Oleg Kalugin reviewed secrets.
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Where Oleg Kalugin eventually defected.
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Relationships (2)
Ellsberg... had an accomplice, Anthony Russo... Acting in concert, they copied secret documents
According to Oleg Kalugin... Agee offered CIA secrets first to the KGB
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