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Extraction Summary
6
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Book page / government production
File Size:
1.57 MB
Summary
This document is page 174 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (authored by Edward Jay Epstein), bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. It discusses Edward Snowden's presence in Russia, implying that he likely shared classified NSA/CIA information with Russian intelligence (FSB), either willingly or under duress. The text highlights the role of Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's lawyer and FSB oversight board member, in confirming Snowden possessed unreleased materials.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Shevardnadze | Interviewer/Journalist |
Interviewing Kucherena about Snowden's materials.
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| Edward Snowden | Subject |
Former CIA employee accused of sharing NSA files with Russian authorities.
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| Anatoly Kucherena | Lawyer/FSB Oversight |
Snowden's lawyer and member of the FSB's public oversight board.
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| Senator Humphrey | Politician |
Recipient of an email from Snowden.
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| Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
Made the decision to allow Snowden into Moscow.
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| Sergei Lavrov | Foreign Minister |
Mentioned at the end of the page (name cut off as 'Sergei Lav-').
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Organizations (9)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency, former employer of Snowden.
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| FSB |
Federal Security Service of Russia, interested in Snowden's data.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency, source of the files Snowden transferred.
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| National Security Council |
Source of information regarding Russian cyber capabilities.
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| Dropbox |
Cited as an example of cloud storage.
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| Microsoft |
Cited as an example of cloud storage.
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Cited as an example of cloud storage.
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| Amazon |
Cited as an example of cloud storage.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Producing body of the document (based on Bates stamp).
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Timeline (2 events)
2013
Russian cyber service allegedly had means to break Snowden's encryption.
Russia
Russian Cyber Service
Edward Snowden
Relationships (2)
Kucherena speaks on Snowden's behalf regarding his materials.
Kucherena was on the FSB's public oversight board.
Key Quotes (4)
"So he [Snowden] does have some materials that haven't been made public yet?"Source
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"Why did Russia get involved in this whole thing if it got nothing out of it?"Source
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"Snowden spent quite a few years working for the CIA. We haven't fully realized yet the importance of his revelations."Source
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"It doesn't take a great stretch of the imagination to conclude that, willingly or under duress, Snowden shared his access to his treasure trove of documents with the agencies that were literally in control of his life in Russia."Source
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174 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS
SHEVARDNADZE: So he [Snowden] does have some materials that haven't been made public yet?
KUCHERENA: Certainly.
KUCHERENA: Certainly.
Shevardnadze asked the next logical question: "Why did Russia get involved in this whole thing if it got nothing out of it?"
"Snowden spent quite a few years working for the CIA. We haven't fully realized yet the importance of his revelations." Kucherena was on the FSB's public oversight board. He was clearly in the picture. Kucherena's answer was completely consistent with the statement Snowden made three weeks after arriving in Russia in his previously mentioned e-mail to Senator Humphrey.
It is certainly possible that Snowden transferred the NSA files from his own computers and thumb drives to storage on a remote server in the cloud before coming to Russia. The "cloud" is actually not in the sky but a term used for remote storage servers, such as those provided by Dropbox, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and other Internet companies. Anyone who is connected to the Internet can store and retrieve files by entering a user name and a password.
For Kucherena to be certain Snowden had access to the so-far-unrevealed data, Snowden must have demonstrated his access either to him or to the authorities. The Russians obviously knew Snowden had the means to retrieve this data one way or the other. Because the data concerned electronic espionage against Russia, the FSB would have been keen to obtain the documents, and the FSB is not known to take no for an answer in issues involving espionage.
Even if Snowden refused to furnish his key encryption, according to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time, and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely it would have had to go through the trouble. It doesn't take a great stretch of the imagination to conclude that, willingly or under duress, Snowden shared his access to his treasure trove of documents with the agencies that were literally in control of his life in Russia.
Kucherena's answer on the television program may also help to explain Putin's decision to allow Snowden to come to Moscow. It was not a minor sacrifice for Putin. His foreign minister, Sergei Lav-
"Snowden spent quite a few years working for the CIA. We haven't fully realized yet the importance of his revelations." Kucherena was on the FSB's public oversight board. He was clearly in the picture. Kucherena's answer was completely consistent with the statement Snowden made three weeks after arriving in Russia in his previously mentioned e-mail to Senator Humphrey.
It is certainly possible that Snowden transferred the NSA files from his own computers and thumb drives to storage on a remote server in the cloud before coming to Russia. The "cloud" is actually not in the sky but a term used for remote storage servers, such as those provided by Dropbox, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and other Internet companies. Anyone who is connected to the Internet can store and retrieve files by entering a user name and a password.
For Kucherena to be certain Snowden had access to the so-far-unrevealed data, Snowden must have demonstrated his access either to him or to the authorities. The Russians obviously knew Snowden had the means to retrieve this data one way or the other. Because the data concerned electronic espionage against Russia, the FSB would have been keen to obtain the documents, and the FSB is not known to take no for an answer in issues involving espionage.
Even if Snowden refused to furnish his key encryption, according to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time, and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely it would have had to go through the trouble. It doesn't take a great stretch of the imagination to conclude that, willingly or under duress, Snowden shared his access to his treasure trove of documents with the agencies that were literally in control of his life in Russia.
Kucherena's answer on the television program may also help to explain Putin's decision to allow Snowden to come to Moscow. It was not a minor sacrifice for Putin. His foreign minister, Sergei Lav-
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