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Extraction Summary
6
People
7
Organizations
4
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
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Book excerpt / proof page
File Size:
1.64 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 166 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets', likely included in a House Oversight production file (Bates HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019654). The text details Edward Snowden's time in the Moscow airport transit zone, the control exerted over him by the Russian FSB, and commentary from Russian officials and former KGB agents asserting that Snowden likely shared US intelligence with Russia. While the file name includes 'Epst' (possibly referring to Epstein), the text content is exclusively about the Snowden intelligence leak.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | Subject / Former NSA contractor |
Described as being in a 'virtual prison' in Russia, monitored by FSB, and accused of sharing secrets.
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| Sergei Alexandrovich Markov | Co-chairman of the National Strategic Council of Russia / Adviser to Putin |
Stated Snowden could compromise thousands of officials and Russia wouldn't return him.
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| Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
Mentioned as the leader Markov advises.
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| Andrei Soldatov | Author / Expert |
Co-author of 'The New Nobility', commented on FSB monitoring of Snowden.
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| Oleg Kalugin | General / Former KGB |
Defector to US, stated FSB is 'taking care' of Snowden and believes Snowden shared intel with Russians.
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| Frants Klintsevich | First deputy chairman of the Kremlin's defense and security committee |
Backed Kalugin's assessment regarding Snowden.
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
Relationships (2)
FSB would monitor 'every facet of Snowden's communications, and his life.'
Markov described as 'an adviser to Putin'
Key Quotes (4)
"He can compromise thousands of intelligence and military officials"Source
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"We can't send him back just because America demands it."Source
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Quote #2
"I am still working for the NSA right now. They are the only ones who don't realize it."Source
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Quote #3
"Whatever he had access to in his former days at NSA, I believe he shared all of it with the Russians, and they are very grateful."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,385 characters)
166 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS
mercy of the Russian authorities. There was good reason for keeping
him in a virtual prison in Russia. "He can compromise thousands
of intelligence and military officials," Sergei Alexandrovich Markov,
the co-chairman of the National Strategic Council of Russia and an
adviser to Putin, pointed out. "We can't send him back just because
America demands it."
him in a virtual prison in Russia. "He can compromise thousands
of intelligence and military officials," Sergei Alexandrovich Markov,
the co-chairman of the National Strategic Council of Russia and an
adviser to Putin, pointed out. "We can't send him back just because
America demands it."
So Snowden was consigned to the transit zone of the airport,
which is a twilight zone neither inside nor outside Russia, a nether-
world that extends beyond the confines of the airport to include safe
houses and other facilities maintained by the FSB for the purposes
of interrogation and security. Stranded at the Moscow airport, no
matter what he had believed earlier in Hong Kong, Snowden would
quickly realize that he had only one viable option: seeking protec-
tion in Russia.
which is a twilight zone neither inside nor outside Russia, a nether-
world that extends beyond the confines of the airport to include safe
houses and other facilities maintained by the FSB for the purposes
of interrogation and security. Stranded at the Moscow airport, no
matter what he had believed earlier in Hong Kong, Snowden would
quickly realize that he had only one viable option: seeking protec-
tion in Russia.
Even though the FSB is known by U.S. intelligence to strictly
control the movements and contacts of former members of foreign
intelligence services in Russia, Snowden might not have realized the
full extent of the FSB's interest in him. He naively told The Wash-
ington Post in December 2013, in Moscow, "I am still working for
the NSA right now. They are the only ones who don't realize it."
Whatever he might have been thinking, a former U.S. communica-
tions intelligence worker who stole American state secrets, such as
Snowden, would be under the FSB's scrutiny.
control the movements and contacts of former members of foreign
intelligence services in Russia, Snowden might not have realized the
full extent of the FSB's interest in him. He naively told The Wash-
ington Post in December 2013, in Moscow, "I am still working for
the NSA right now. They are the only ones who don't realize it."
Whatever he might have been thinking, a former U.S. communica-
tions intelligence worker who stole American state secrets, such as
Snowden, would be under the FSB's scrutiny.
Andrei Soldatov, the co-author of the 2010 book The New Nobil-
ity: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Endur-
ing Legacy of the KGB, who was personally knowledgeable about
FSB procedures, explained the FSB would monitor "every facet of
Snowden's communications, and his life." General Oleg Kalugin,
who, as previously mentioned, defected from the KGB to the United
States in 1995, added that the FSB (following the standard operating
procedures of the KGB) would be "his hosts and they are taking care
of him." Kalugin further said in 2014, "Whatever he had access to in
his former days at NSA, I believe he shared all of it with the Russians,
and they are very grateful." This assessment was backed by Frants
Klintsevich. As the first deputy chairman of the Kremlin's defense
and security committee at the time of Snowden's defection, he was
ity: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Endur-
ing Legacy of the KGB, who was personally knowledgeable about
FSB procedures, explained the FSB would monitor "every facet of
Snowden's communications, and his life." General Oleg Kalugin,
who, as previously mentioned, defected from the KGB to the United
States in 1995, added that the FSB (following the standard operating
procedures of the KGB) would be "his hosts and they are taking care
of him." Kalugin further said in 2014, "Whatever he had access to in
his former days at NSA, I believe he shared all of it with the Russians,
and they are very grateful." This assessment was backed by Frants
Klintsevich. As the first deputy chairman of the Kremlin's defense
and security committee at the time of Snowden's defection, he was
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