📧 Communication

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From
To
Edward Snowden Edward Snowden
Date
October 23, 2013
Subject
Explanation of NSA actions
Message Content

Asked for background on the Merkel story; Snowden explained Merkel was a 'target not an asset'.

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Document Summary

This document is page 181 from a book (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the filename 'Epst') stamped as evidence for the House Oversight Committee. It details the release of NSA documents after Edward Snowden fled to Moscow, specifically focusing on the revelation that the NSA tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone. The text analyzes the relationships and communications between Snowden, journalists Laura Poitras and Jacob Appelbaum, and the timing of the leaks via Der Spiegel.

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