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Extraction Summary
7
People
7
Organizations
2
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / congressional oversight document
File Size:
1.69 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 64 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (Edward Jay Epstein is the author of this book, explaining the 'Epst' filename, though the content is about Snowden, not Jeffrey Epstein). It details Edward Snowden's initial encrypted communications with filmmaker Laura Poitras in January 2013 under the alias 'Citizen Four,' noting that Snowden falsely claimed to be a senior government official while actually working as a Dell contractor. It also discusses Poitras's history of surveillance by U.S. authorities following her 2006 filming in Iraq.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | Contract Employee / Whistleblower |
Used alias 'Citizen Four', claimed falsely to be a senior government employee, worked for Dell at NSA base.
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| Laura Poitras | Filmmaker / Journalist |
Recipient of Snowden's communications, subject of government surveillance, directed 'My Country, My Country'.
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| Jacob Appelbaum | Target of surveillance |
Mentioned as someone Poitras was filming.
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| Julian Assange | Target of surveillance |
Mentioned as someone Poitras was filming.
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| William Binney | Target of surveillance |
Mentioned as someone Poitras was filming.
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| Thomas Drake | Former NSA employee |
Mentioned as someone Poitras was filming who could attract intelligence interest.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Wrote an account in Salon regarding Poitras being searched by authorities.
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Organizations (7)
Timeline (2 events)
2006
Poitras films documentary 'My Country, My Country' in Iraq near an insurgent ambush.
Iraq
Laura Poitras
U.S. Troops
January 23, 2013
Snowden writes to Poitras under the alias 'Citizen Four' claiming to be a senior government employee.
Unknown (Digital)
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
Relationships (3)
Snowden asked Poitras to take out a new enciphering key... Snowden wrote to Poitras under yet another alias.
he was merely a contract employee of Dell's working as a computer technician
Snowden... read Greenwald's account in Salon... in which Greenwald detailed the forty times in which Poitras was searched
Key Quotes (4)
"At this stage I can offer nothing more than my word."Source
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"I am a senior government employee in the intelligence community."Source
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"a senior adviser to the CIA"Source
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Quote #3
"a senior adviser to the DIA."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,533 characters)
64 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS
ing with several people who were all being targeted by the [U.S.]
government." Many of the people she was filming, including Appel-
baum, Assange, Binney, and the former NSA employee Thomas
Drake, could attract interest by U.S. or foreign intelligence services.
government." Many of the people she was filming, including Appel-
baum, Assange, Binney, and the former NSA employee Thomas
Drake, could attract interest by U.S. or foreign intelligence services.
Snowden asked Poitras to take out a new enciphering key to use
exclusively for her liaison with him. It provided them both with an
extra layer of protection from any surveillance by law enforcement.
Presumably, she accommodated his requests because she anticipated
that the anonymous person would use this encrypted channel to
send her highly sensitive material.
exclusively for her liaison with him. It provided them both with an
extra layer of protection from any surveillance by law enforcement.
Presumably, she accommodated his requests because she anticipated
that the anonymous person would use this encrypted channel to
send her highly sensitive material.
On January 23, Snowden wrote to Poitras under yet another alias.
This time he called himself Citizen Four. He wrote, "At this stage I
can offer nothing more than my word." He then said falsely, "I am
a senior government employee in the intelligence community." She
had no way of knowing at this "stage" that despite giving her his
"word," he was not who he claimed to be. He was not a "government
employee," he was not a "senior" official, and he was not a member
of the "intelligence community" (which is composed of the intel-
ligence services of the U.S. government). He would later also claim
to her that he had been "a senior adviser to the CIA" and "a senior
adviser to the DIA." That was untrue, too. In January 2013, he was
merely a contract employee of Dell's working as a computer techni-
cian at the NSA base in Hawaii.
This time he called himself Citizen Four. He wrote, "At this stage I
can offer nothing more than my word." He then said falsely, "I am
a senior government employee in the intelligence community." She
had no way of knowing at this "stage" that despite giving her his
"word," he was not who he claimed to be. He was not a "government
employee," he was not a "senior" official, and he was not a member
of the "intelligence community" (which is composed of the intel-
ligence services of the U.S. government). He would later also claim
to her that he had been "a senior adviser to the CIA" and "a senior
adviser to the DIA." That was untrue, too. In January 2013, he was
merely a contract employee of Dell's working as a computer techni-
cian at the NSA base in Hawaii.
Snowden told her in his initial e-mail that he was well acquainted
with her career as an anti-surveillance activist. He said that he had
read Greenwald's account in Salon that past April, a blog in which
Greenwald detailed the forty times in which Poitras was searched by
U.S. authorities. The story also said that Poitras believed she was on
a special watch list and under constant U.S. government surveillance.
She had come under such scrutiny by U.S. authorities, it turned out,
because of her documentary about American military abuses of civil-
ians in Iraq in 2006, titled My Country, My Country. While filming
it, she was at a place close to an insurgent ambush of U.S. troops in
Iraq. Her presence at the ambush site led army intelligence officers
to suspect (without any evidence) that she might have been tipped
off by the insurgents. She firmly denied the charge, and the govern-
ment never substantiated it. Even so, because of this incident, since
with her career as an anti-surveillance activist. He said that he had
read Greenwald's account in Salon that past April, a blog in which
Greenwald detailed the forty times in which Poitras was searched by
U.S. authorities. The story also said that Poitras believed she was on
a special watch list and under constant U.S. government surveillance.
She had come under such scrutiny by U.S. authorities, it turned out,
because of her documentary about American military abuses of civil-
ians in Iraq in 2006, titled My Country, My Country. While filming
it, she was at a place close to an insurgent ambush of U.S. troops in
Iraq. Her presence at the ambush site led army intelligence officers
to suspect (without any evidence) that she might have been tipped
off by the insurgents. She firmly denied the charge, and the govern-
ment never substantiated it. Even so, because of this incident, since
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