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Extraction Summary
3
People
5
Organizations
2
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
5
Quotes
Document Information
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Book excerpt / congressional record
File Size:
1.67 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 23 of a book (likely 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, indicated by the filename prefix 'Epst') included in a House Oversight Committee production. The text details Edward Snowden's time in Geneva (2007-2009) working as a junior-level Telecommunications Support Officer (TSO) for the CIA under State Department cover. It discusses his lifestyle, his relationship with intern Mavanee Anderson, his girlfriend Lindsay Mills, and contrasts his actual role with his later claims of being a 'senior adviser.'
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Snowden | CIA Telecommunications Support Officer (TSO) |
Subject of the text; worked in Geneva under State Dept cover.
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| Mavanee Anderson | Summer Intern |
Intern at the U.S. mission (May-Aug 2007) who befriended Snowden.
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| Lindsay Mills | Snowden's Girlfriend |
Joined Snowden in Geneva; noted as being twenty-one years old.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency; Snowden's employer.
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| U.S. State Department |
Provided cover for Snowden's employment in Geneva.
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| United Nations |
U.S. mission to the UN employed hundreds of functionaries in Switzerland.
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| Ars Technica |
Website where Snowden made internet posts.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019511'.
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Timeline (2 events)
May 2007 - August 2007
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Location where Snowden was stationed.
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Location where Snowden made a video claiming to be a senior adviser.
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Relationships (2)
He rented a four-room apartment and had his girlfriend, Lindsay Mills... join him there.
She described befriending Snowden... demonstrated to her his martial arts skills.
Key Quotes (5)
"senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency"Source
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"telecommunications support officer, or TSO"Source
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"cushy government job"Source
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"a bit prone to brooding"Source
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"It was a thin cover; the Swiss government was aware that the CIA maintained its base in Geneva"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,479 characters)
Secret Agent | 23
him to its information technology school for six months to train as
a communications officer, not a spy. After completing his training,
he was dispatched to the CIA station in Geneva. He worked there
for the next two years as one of dozens of information technologists
servicing the CIA’s communication channels in Switzerland. He was
stationed there, according to Swiss registry records, under his own
name from March 2007 to February 2009. He was identified as a U.S.
State Department employee in Geneva because Switzerland does
not allow any intelligence officers to operate in its country. Offi-
cially, he was attached to the permanent U.S. mission to the United
Nations, which employed hundreds of U.S. government functionar-
ies in Switzerland. It was a thin cover; the Swiss government was
aware that the CIA maintained its base in Geneva and posted its
employees at the U.S. mission.
a communications officer, not a spy. After completing his training,
he was dispatched to the CIA station in Geneva. He worked there
for the next two years as one of dozens of information technologists
servicing the CIA’s communication channels in Switzerland. He was
stationed there, according to Swiss registry records, under his own
name from March 2007 to February 2009. He was identified as a U.S.
State Department employee in Geneva because Switzerland does
not allow any intelligence officers to operate in its country. Offi-
cially, he was attached to the permanent U.S. mission to the United
Nations, which employed hundreds of U.S. government functionar-
ies in Switzerland. It was a thin cover; the Swiss government was
aware that the CIA maintained its base in Geneva and posted its
employees at the U.S. mission.
Although Snowden would claim in a video he made in Hong
Kong that he had served as a "senior adviser for the Central Intelli-
gence Agency," he was merely a telecommunications support officer,
or TSO in CIA parlance, which was a junior-level job at the CIA.
He worked as part of a team of information technologists under the
supervision of senior CIA officers, according to a former CIA officer
in Geneva. The job of these TSOs was to protect the security of the
CIA’s computer systems through which the CIA station in Geneva
sent and received its secret communications.
Kong that he had served as a "senior adviser for the Central Intelli-
gence Agency," he was merely a telecommunications support officer,
or TSO in CIA parlance, which was a junior-level job at the CIA.
He worked as part of a team of information technologists under the
supervision of senior CIA officers, according to a former CIA officer
in Geneva. The job of these TSOs was to protect the security of the
CIA’s computer systems through which the CIA station in Geneva
sent and received its secret communications.
As far as is known, Snowden made very few friends at the eight-
hundred-person mission. The only person to have publicly reported
knowing him in Geneva during this period is Mavanee Anderson, a
young and attractive summer intern at the U.S. mission from May
to August 2007. She described befriending Snowden, who, according
to her, said that he was in the CIA and also demonstrated to her his
martial arts skills. She later recalled in interviews that he was "a bit"
prone to brooding and voiced growing dissatisfaction with the CIA.
hundred-person mission. The only person to have publicly reported
knowing him in Geneva during this period is Mavanee Anderson, a
young and attractive summer intern at the U.S. mission from May
to August 2007. She described befriending Snowden, who, according
to her, said that he was in the CIA and also demonstrated to her his
martial arts skills. She later recalled in interviews that he was "a bit"
prone to brooding and voiced growing dissatisfaction with the CIA.
The job in Geneva did have its benefits, however. It provided him
with a generous housing and travel allowance. In many ways, it was
the "cushy government job" he had said he was seeking in his Inter-
net posts. He rented a four-room apartment and had his girlfriend,
Lindsay Mills, now twenty-one, join him there.
with a generous housing and travel allowance. In many ways, it was
the "cushy government job" he had said he was seeking in his Inter-
net posts. He rented a four-room apartment and had his girlfriend,
Lindsay Mills, now twenty-one, join him there.
According to his posts on the Ars Technica website, he took full
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