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Extraction Summary
11
People
9
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book endnotes / manuscript page (house oversight production)
File Size:
1.19 MB
Summary
This document is a page of endnotes (page 307) from a book, likely 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, produced to the House Oversight Committee (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019795). The notes relate to a prologue about Edward Snowden in Hong Kong (2014), citing interviews the author conducted with figures like General Keith Alexander and Keith Bradsher, as well as various books and articles. While part of a House Oversight production potentially related to investigations involving the author (who had connections to Jeffrey Epstein), the content specifically details sources regarding the NSA and Snowden.
People (11)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Subject |
Subject of the book/chapter; former NSA contractor
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| Edward Jay Epstein | Author (Implied) |
The 'author' referenced in the notes; filename starts with 'Epst'; lists his previous books 'Inquest', 'Deception', '...
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| Bamford | Author |
Author of 'Puzzle Palace'
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| Keith Alexander | General |
Interviewed by the author regarding the NSA
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| Trent Martin | Subject |
Subject of an FBI press statement regarding extradition
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| Hayden | Interviewee |
Interviewed by author; likely Michael Hayden
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| Te-Ping Chen | Journalist |
Journalist for Asian edition of The Wall Street Journal; interviewed Mira hotel employees
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist/Author |
Author of 'No Place to Hide'; encountered Snowden
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| Gellman | Author |
Referenced regarding 'Code Name Verax'
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| Bradsher | Journalist/Interviewee |
Interviewed by author; wrote articles about Snowden and Ho
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| Ho | Subject |
Subject of articles written by Bradsher
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Organizations (9)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| NSA |
National Security Agency; subject of the text
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| The Guardian |
News outlet hosting the Snowden video
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation; referenced regarding JFK and Trent Martin
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| Secret Service |
Referenced regarding JFK assassination failure
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| CIA |
Referenced regarding JFK assassination failure
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| G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Publisher of 'Agency of Fear'
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| Mira Hotel |
Hotel in Hong Kong where Snowden stayed; staff interviewed
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| The Wall Street Journal |
Employer of Te-Ping Chen
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| House Oversight Committee |
Entity designated in the Bates stamp
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Timeline (3 events)
2013-03-27
Relationships (3)
General Keith Alexander, interview with author.
Bradsher, interview with author.
Greenwald's description of his encounters with Snowden
Key Quotes (4)
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,224 characters)
Notes
PROLOGUE Snowden’s Trail: Hong Kong, 2014
3 “No Such Agency”: The best description of the birth of the NSA can be found in Bamford, Puzzle Palace, 1–4.
4 the NSA learned: General Keith Alexander, interview with author.
4 twelve-minute video: This video can be seen at http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-interview-video. All of the dozens of videos Snowden made after this initial one can be viewed in chronological order at https://nsa.gov1.info/dni/snowden.html.
5 I had written several books: My book Inquest examined the failure of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy assassination. This interest continued in other books of mine, including Deception, in which I investigated the vulnerability of intelligence services involved in espionage during the Cold War, and Agency of Fear (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1977), in which I explored intelligence failures of domestic intelligence in the war on drugs.
5 extradite Trent Martin: The FBI press statement on this case was released on March 27, 2013, less than two months before Snowden bought his ticket for Hong Kong: https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/australian-research-analyst-extradited-on-insider-trading-charges.
6 “It’s very mysterious”: Hayden, interview with author.
6 My first surprise: I interviewed six members of the Mira staff, all of whom asked me not to identify them. Te-Ping Chen, a journalist for the Asian edition of The Wall Street Journal, received similar replies when she interviewed Mira hotel employees the day Snowden left the Mira. Chen and Brown, “Snowden’s Options for Refuge Narrow.”
6 to send Greenwald: Greenwald’s description of his encounters with Snowden is taken mainly from chapter 1, “Contact,” and chapter 2, “Ten Days in Hong Kong,” in Greenwald, No Place to Hide, 7–32.
7 Snowden also contacted: Gellman, “Code Name ‘Verax.’”
7 He proposed we meet: Bradsher, interview with author. Bradsher wrote a number of excellent articles about Snowden and Ho. See Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout.”
4 the NSA learned: General Keith Alexander, interview with author.
4 twelve-minute video: This video can be seen at http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-interview-video. All of the dozens of videos Snowden made after this initial one can be viewed in chronological order at https://nsa.gov1.info/dni/snowden.html.
5 I had written several books: My book Inquest examined the failure of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy assassination. This interest continued in other books of mine, including Deception, in which I investigated the vulnerability of intelligence services involved in espionage during the Cold War, and Agency of Fear (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1977), in which I explored intelligence failures of domestic intelligence in the war on drugs.
5 extradite Trent Martin: The FBI press statement on this case was released on March 27, 2013, less than two months before Snowden bought his ticket for Hong Kong: https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/australian-research-analyst-extradited-on-insider-trading-charges.
6 “It’s very mysterious”: Hayden, interview with author.
6 My first surprise: I interviewed six members of the Mira staff, all of whom asked me not to identify them. Te-Ping Chen, a journalist for the Asian edition of The Wall Street Journal, received similar replies when she interviewed Mira hotel employees the day Snowden left the Mira. Chen and Brown, “Snowden’s Options for Refuge Narrow.”
6 to send Greenwald: Greenwald’s description of his encounters with Snowden is taken mainly from chapter 1, “Contact,” and chapter 2, “Ten Days in Hong Kong,” in Greenwald, No Place to Hide, 7–32.
7 Snowden also contacted: Gellman, “Code Name ‘Verax.’”
7 He proposed we meet: Bradsher, interview with author. Bradsher wrote a number of excellent articles about Snowden and Ho. See Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout.”
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