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Extraction Summary
7
People
9
Organizations
4
Locations
5
Events
4
Relationships
2
Quotes
Document Information
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Narrative report / book excerpt (included in house oversight committee files)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (labeled Chapter Nine) from a narrative report or book included in House Oversight files, detailing the background of journalist Glenn Greenwald and his initial contact with Edward Snowden in late 2012. It outlines Greenwald's previous career as a litigator and entrepreneur involved in adult entertainment, his financial troubles (IRS lien), and his pivot to anti-surveillance blogging for Salon and the Guardian. The text notes a political alignment between Snowden and Greenwald, as both donated to Ron Paul's campaign.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | NSA Contractor / Leaker |
Subject of the chapter; worked for Dell at NSA; used alias 'Cincinnatus'; quoted in Moscow 2013.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist / Lawyer |
Rio-based columnist for the Guardian; former lawyer; contacted by Snowden; author of 'How Would a Patriot Act?'
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| Sandvik | Associate |
Person Snowden contacted using the alias 'Cincinnatus'.
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| Barack Obama | US President |
Criticized by Greenwald for illegal eavesdropping.
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| Ron Paul | Political Candidate |
Libertarian candidate who received campaign contributions from both Greenwald and Snowden.
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| Bradley Manning | US Army Private / Leaker |
Mentioned as the source of Wikileaks documents.
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| Julian Assange | Publisher |
Published Manning's leaked documents in 2010.
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Organizations (9)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; where Snowden worked via Dell.
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| Dell |
Snowden's employer while working at the NSA.
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| The Guardian |
British newspaper; employer of Greenwald; published Wikileaks documents.
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| Wachtell, Lipton, and Rosen & Katz |
Elite New York law firm where Greenwald worked until 2004.
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| Master Notions |
Company partly owned by Greenwald.
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| HJ |
Pornographic website ('Hairy Jock') in which Master Notions had a 50% interest.
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| IRS |
Filed an $85,000 lien against Greenwald.
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| Salon |
Internet magazine where Greenwald blogged before the Guardian.
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| Wikileaks |
Organization that published documents leaked by Manning.
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Timeline (5 events)
2004
Greenwald involved in acrimonious lawsuit regarding business associates.
New York (implied)
2005
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Location of Edward Snowden in 2013.
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Location of the 'Crypto Party'.
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Where Greenwald moved in 2005; described as 'Rio-based'.
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Location of Greenwald's former law firm.
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Relationships (4)
Snowden contacted Greenwald anonymously on Dec 1, 2012.
Greenwald contributed money to the libertarian campaign of Ron Paul.
Snowden gave money to Ron Paul.
Greenwald attacked him for breaking the law.
Key Quotes (2)
"It wasn’t that they put it on me as an individual — that I’m uniquely qualified [or] an angel descending from the heavens — as that they put it on someone, somewhere."Source
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"By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them"Source
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Quote #2
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,718 characters)
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CHAPTER NINE
The String-Puller
“It wasn’t that they put it on me as an individual — that I’m uniquely qualified [or] an angel descending
from the heavens — as that they put it on someone, somewhere.”
from the heavens — as that they put it on someone, somewhere.”
--Edward Snowden in Moscow, 2013
Downloading NSA documents was not Snowden’s only rogue activity while working at the
NSA for Dell in 2012. Three weeks after the Crypto party, Snowden began anonymously
contacting a high-profile journalist, He used the same alias “Cincinnatus” that he used with
Sandvik, and to advertise the Oahu Crypto Party. The journalist to whom he wrote On December
1, 2012, was Glenn Greenwald, the previously-mentioned Rio-based columnist for the Guardian.
NSA for Dell in 2012. Three weeks after the Crypto party, Snowden began anonymously
contacting a high-profile journalist, He used the same alias “Cincinnatus” that he used with
Sandvik, and to advertise the Oahu Crypto Party. The journalist to whom he wrote On December
1, 2012, was Glenn Greenwald, the previously-mentioned Rio-based columnist for the Guardian.
Greenwald had not always been an activist journalist. Up until 2004, Greenwald was a
litigation lawyer at the elite New York firm of Wachtell, Lipton, and Rosen & Katz. He was also
an entrepreneur owning part of Master Notions, a company which, among other things, had a fifty
percent financial interest in the pornographic website HJ (an acronym which originally stood for
“Hairy Jock.”) All did not go well with this enterprise. In 2004, Greenwald became involved in
an acrimonious law suit with his other associates in HJ. As a result, he had a number of open
legal judgments filed against him, including an $85,000 lien by the IRS.
litigation lawyer at the elite New York firm of Wachtell, Lipton, and Rosen & Katz. He was also
an entrepreneur owning part of Master Notions, a company which, among other things, had a fifty
percent financial interest in the pornographic website HJ (an acronym which originally stood for
“Hairy Jock.”) All did not go well with this enterprise. In 2004, Greenwald became involved in
an acrimonious law suit with his other associates in HJ. As a result, he had a number of open
legal judgments filed against him, including an $85,000 lien by the IRS.
After resigning from his law firm in 2005, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and began a new career
as a blogger for the Internet magazine Salon. He wrote fierce, and often brilliant, polemics
against US government surveillance and other perceived intrusions on personal privacy The extent
of his bitter antagonism to the activities of the “surveillance state,” as he called it, was reflected in
the title of his 2007 book, How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a
President Run Amok. His position on surveillance was unrelenting, even when it came to the
president. “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be
held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. When Barack Obama became President in
2009, Greenwald also attacked him for breaking the law by “ordering illegal eavesdropping.”
Because of his opposition to President Obama, he contributed money to the libertarian campaign
of Ron Paul, the same candidate to whom Snowden gave money.
as a blogger for the Internet magazine Salon. He wrote fierce, and often brilliant, polemics
against US government surveillance and other perceived intrusions on personal privacy The extent
of his bitter antagonism to the activities of the “surveillance state,” as he called it, was reflected in
the title of his 2007 book, How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a
President Run Amok. His position on surveillance was unrelenting, even when it came to the
president. “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be
held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. When Barack Obama became President in
2009, Greenwald also attacked him for breaking the law by “ordering illegal eavesdropping.”
Because of his opposition to President Obama, he contributed money to the libertarian campaign
of Ron Paul, the same candidate to whom Snowden gave money.
In August 2012, he had transferred his provocative blog, which had amassed a following of
nearly one million readers (including Snowden), from Salon to the Guardian. The British
newspaper also had a powerful anti-surveillance position, having first published the Wikileaks
documents that had been illicitly leaked by Private Bradley Manning and published by Assange in
2010.
nearly one million readers (including Snowden), from Salon to the Guardian. The British
newspaper also had a powerful anti-surveillance position, having first published the Wikileaks
documents that had been illicitly leaked by Private Bradley Manning and published by Assange in
2010.
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