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Extraction Summary
7
People
4
Organizations
5
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Investigative report / narrative account (house oversight document)
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Summary
This document appears to be page 91 of a report (likely House Oversight Committee) detailing Edward Snowden's theft of classified documents from the NSA facility in Hawaii. It describes the timeline of events in April and May 2013, specifically noting his final day at the facility on May 17, 2013, his method of transferring data to thumb drives, and his personal preparations to flee, including misleading his partner Lindsay Mills. The text highlights security failures, such as the lack of random checks by guards and the delay in discovering the theft.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Snowden | Subject of investigation/Analyst-in-training |
Former system administrator working for Booz Allen at NSA; stole documents and fled.
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| Lindsay Mills | Associate/Partner |
Snowden's partner who departed for a trip to the outer islands, unknowingly facilitating his escape.
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| Mother | Family |
Snowden's mother, whom he called to say goodbye.
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| Sister | Family |
Snowden's sister, whom he called to say goodbye.
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| System Administrators | NSA Staff |
Employees with access to service computers with open ports.
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| Security Guards | NSA Security |
Guards at the exit who seldom performed random checks.
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| 24 Colleagues | Victims |
NSA/Booz Allen employees whose passwords Snowden obtained.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; the facility Snowden worked at and stole data from.
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| Booz Allen |
Booz Allen Hamilton; Snowden's employer (contractor).
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| FISA court |
Issued the warrant Snowden stole on April 25, 2013.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
2013-05-17
Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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The workplace where the theft occurred.
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Location of the NSA facility and where his family planned to visit.
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Outer islands
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Where Lindsay Mills went on a trip.
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Mentioned in the context of computers penetrated by the NSA.
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Mentioned in the context of computers penetrated by the NSA.
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Relationships (2)
She lived with him, he left her a note, and her trip allowed him to pack.
Text mentions 'Booz Allen's security measures' in relation to Snowden.
Key Quotes (3)
"Finally, he coolly walked past the security guards at the exit, who only seldom performed random checks on NSA employees."Source
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Quote #1
"In fact, the theft would not be discovered by the NSA for fifteen days."Source
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Quote #2
"He simply left a note she would see on her return, and could show to authorities saying that he was away on a “business trip.”"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,161 characters)
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downloads. Making the transfer even more difficult, he was working as an analyst-in-training in an open-plan office with security CCTV camera.
To be sure, there were also service computers with open ports used by the system administrators. They, after all, had to perform maintenance and back-up work. Even though Snowden was no longer a system administrator, he might still have been able to steal or borrow a service computer. Yet, despite all the NSA’s and Booz Allen’s security measures, he managed to download hundreds of thousands of level 3 documents to an unsealed computer.
He also took some less-sensitive documents from the administrative file (which contained mainly Level 1 documents) at the end of April. These late acquisitions included the now famous warrant from the FISA court issued on April 25 2013.
He completed the operation on Friday May 17, 2013, the last day he would ever enter the NSA facility. He transferred the data he had amassed on the service computer, including the lists of the computers in Russia and China that the NSA had succeeded in penetrating, onto thumb drives. Finally, he coolly walked past the security guards at the exit, who only seldom performed random checks on NSA employees.
He had carried out the entire operation with such brilliant stealth he left few, if any clues behind to how obtained 24 of his colleagues’ passwords, moved the data from many different supposedly-sealed computers to an opened service machine or how he downloaded these documents to multiple thumb drives without arousing suspicion. In fact, the theft would not be discovered by the NSA for fifteen days.
His escape was also well-prepared. Lindsay Mills had departed that morning for a planned two week visit to the outer islands. This trip allowed him to pack his belongings without saying anything to her that might be difficult to explain to the authorities. He simply left a note she would see on her return, and could show to authorities saying that he was away on a “business trip.” He also called to say good-bye to his mother and sister, who had been planning to visit him in Hawaii that month.
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