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Document Information
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Book draft / manuscript page (house oversight committee production)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (p. 220) from a book chapter titled 'The Russians Are Coming,' likely authored by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by filename 'Epst_...'). The text discusses the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea and the failure of the NSA to detect the troop buildup, citing a report from The Wall Street Journal and Pentagon sources. The page bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp, suggesting it was part of a congressional document production.
People (1)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Vladimir Putin | President of Russia / Former KGB Officer |
Quoted regarding the collapse of the Soviet Union; described as having firm ideas about restoring Russia's power and ...
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; criticized for failing to detect Russian troop movements into Crimea.
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| The Wall Street Journal |
Newspaper cited for a report on the NSA's intelligence failure.
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| Pentagon |
Cited as the source for The Wall Street Journal report.
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| KGB |
Former employment of Vladimir Putin.
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| Russian military forces |
Invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019708'.
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Timeline (2 events)
February and March 2014
Russian military forces moved into the Crimea and other parts of eastern Ukraine.
Crimea, Ukraine
February and March 2014
NSA surveillance failure to detect weeklong massing of Russian elite troops.
Ukraine border
Locations (7)
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Site of Russian invasion.
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Site of Russian invasion.
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Country conducting the military operation.
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Historical context for previous troop movements.
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Historical context for previous troop movements.
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Historical context for previous troop movements.
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Historical context for previous troop movements.
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Relationships (1)
A formidable KGB officer before he became president
Key Quotes (2)
"The collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. —VLADIMIR PUTIN"Source
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"Never before had the NSA’s multibillion-dollar armada of sensors and other apparatus for intercepting signals missed such a massive military operation."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,298 characters)
CHAPTER 21
The Russians Are Coming
The collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century.
—VLADIMIR PUTIN
—VLADIMIR PUTIN
IN THE FIRST INVASION of a European country since the end of the Cold War, Russian military forces moved into the Crimea and other parts of eastern Ukraine in February and March 2014. Unlike with previous Russian troop movements, such as those into Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany during the Cold War, the weeklong massing of Russian elite troops and sophisticated equipment for the move into Ukraine almost totally evaded detection by the NSA’s surveillance. Never before had the NSA’s multibillion-dollar armada of sensors and other apparatus for intercepting signals missed such a massive military operation. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal that cited Pentagon sources, Russian units had managed to hide all electronic traces of their elaborate preparations. If so, after more than half a century of attempted penetrations, Russia had apparently found a means of stymieing the interception capabilities of the NSA.
Putin had firm ideas about restoring Russia’s power in the post–Cold War era. A formidable KGB officer before he became president
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