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Extraction Summary
12
People
14
Organizations
5
Locations
2
Events
4
Relationships
5
Quotes
Document Information
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Book endnotes / proof page
File Size:
1.6 MB
Summary
This document is page 321 from the endnotes of a book (likely by Edward Jay Epstein given the file name and context) regarding Edward Snowden. It lists sources for pages 169-182 of the main text, citing interviews with anonymous NSA and Senate Intelligence Committee officials, as well as articles from the Guardian, RT, NYT, and The Intercept between 2013 and 2016. The notes cover Snowden's legal representation, his time in Russia and Hong Kong, and media coverage by Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras. The document bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp.
People (12)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Edward Snowden | Subject |
Primary subject of the referenced book and citations regarding NSA leaks.
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| Glenn Greenwald | Journalist |
Cited for Guardian articles and comments regarding Snowden and Julian Assange.
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| Anatoly Kucherena | Lawyer |
Snowden's Russian lawyer, interviewed by Sophie Shevardnadze and the author.
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| Gordon Humphrey | Former GOP Senator |
Had an email exchange with Edward Snowden.
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| Sophie Shevardnadze | Journalist |
Interviewer for RT television.
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| Ben Wizner | ACLU Attorney |
Described as Snowden's lawyer.
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| Oliver Stone | Filmmaker |
Referenced regarding 'Stone's movie' (Snowden biopic).
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| Ray McGovern | Former CIA Officer |
Cited regarding Snowden's laptops and diversion tactics.
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| Laura Poitras | Journalist/Filmmaker |
Co-interrogator, referenced in relation to 'Citizenfour' and Jerusalem Post article.
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| Julian Assange | WikiLeaks Founder |
Mentioned in a New York Times citation regarding Russia benefiting from leaks.
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| Jacob Appelbaum | Interviewer |
Referenced as Poitras's co-interrogator.
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| The Author | Writer/Interviewer |
Referenced frequently as conducting interviews with anonymous sources (likely Edward Jay Epstein based on filename/co...
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Organizations (14)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency, former employer of sources and Snowden.
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| Senate Intelligence Committee |
Source of a staff member interview.
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| Vice magazine |
Publisher of utilized article.
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| Guardian |
Newspaper publishing Greenwald's work.
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| RT television |
Russia Today, broadcaster of SophieCo interview.
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| State Department |
US government department referenced in citations.
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| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union, employer of Ben Wizner.
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| New York Times |
Newspaper publishing multiple cited articles.
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| Reuters |
News agency.
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency.
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| ARD-TV |
German television network that interviewed Snowden.
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| Jerusalem Post |
Newspaper citing Greenwald and Poitras.
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| The Intercept |
Publication referenced for 'Spies in the Sky'.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
July 16, 2015
Dinner Party where Israeli Commandos killed a Syrian General (referenced in article title).
Unknown
Israeli Commandos
Syrian General
October 11, 2013
Reports regarding laptops Snowden took to Hong Kong being a diversion.
Hong Kong
Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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Referenced in article title.
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Location of Snowden, Kucherena, and context for RT interview.
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Referenced in article title regarding Stone's movie.
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Location Snowden took laptops to.
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Referenced in relation to letting the leaker depart.
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Relationships (4)
Cited as 'Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena' in RT interview title.
Cited in article 'How ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner Became Snowden's Lawyer'.
Greenwald writing articles about Snowden's emails and leaks.
Author
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Interviewer/Source
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Former NSA official
Multiple citations of 'interview with author' with anonymous officials.
Key Quotes (5)
"Snowden Believes He Did Everything Right"Source
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"How ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner Became Snowden's Lawyer"Source
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"Laptops Snowden Took to Hong Kong, Russia Were a 'Diversion'"Source
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Quote #3
"How Russia Often Benefits When Julian Assange Reveal's the West's Secrets"Source
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Quote #4
"Spies in the Sky"Source
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Quote #5
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Complete text extracted from the document (3,059 characters)
Notes to pages 171–184 | 321
169 "touched" documents: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, interview
with author.
169 more than half the documents: Staff member of the Senate Intelligence Commit-
tee who requested anonymity, interview with author.
170 Snowden also disputed: Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
170 via a Vice magazine: Leopold, "Inside Washington's Quest to Bring Down Edward
Snowden."
171 previously cited road map: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, "Snowden Saga."
171 The compartment logs showed: Former NSA official who requested anonymity,
interview with author.
171 "No intelligence service": Glenn Greenwald, "Email Exchange Between Edward
Snowden and Former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey," Guardian, July 16, 2013.
171 An answer soon came: Sophie Shevardnadze, "'Snowden Believes He Did
Everything Right': Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena," SophieCo, RT television, Sept. 23,
2013, //www.rt.com/shows/sophieco/snowden-russia-lawyer-kucherena-214/.
172 "all the reports": Kucherena, interview with author.
173 Russian cyber service: Former member of the staff of the national security
adviser who requested anonymity, interview with author.
174 State Department explicitly told: Ibid.
175 "I had spent ten years": Hill, "How ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner Became
Snowden's Lawyer."
176 In the case of Stone's movie: Irina Aleksander, "Edward Snowden's Long, Strange
Journey to Hollywood," New York Times Magazine, Sept. 4, 2016.
176 "I went the first six months": Bell, "Edward Snowden Interview."
176 "There's nothing on it": Gellman, "Edward Snowden, After Months of NSA
Revelations, Says His Mission's Accomplished."
176–177 former CIA officer Ray McGovern: Mark Hosenball, "Laptops Snowden
Took to Hong Kong, Russia Were a 'Diversion,'" Reuters, Oct. 11, 2013.
177 "break my fingers": Snowden, interview with Williams. See also Burrough, Elli-
son, and Andrews, "Snowden Saga," and Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
178 "said they believed that": Perlez and Bradsher, "China Said to Have Made Call to
Let Leaker Depart."
178 "Both the Chinese and the Russians": Morell, Great War of Our Time, 284.
179 "What I can say": Snowden interview, ARD-TV, Jan. 26, 2014, https://docs
.google.com/file/d/0B95Id3j0M0lrdDA5WIZd11Ubjg/preview.
179 She urgently texted Snowden: Citizenfour.
180 Poitras's co-interrogator: Appelbaum, "Edward Snowden Interview."
180 there was no document: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, inter-
view with author.
180 He reported that no: Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
181 another person in the NSA: Ibid.
181 Greenwald suggested to the New York Times: Jo Becker, Steven Erlanger and Eric
Schmitt, "How Russia Often Benefits When Julian Assange Reveal's the West's
Secrets," New York Times, Sept. 1, 2016.
181 Greenwald and Poitras: "Snowden Leak: Israeli Commandos Killed Syrian Gen-
eral at Dinner Party," Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015.
182 Specifically, it disclosed: Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, "Spies in the Sky,"
Intercept, Jan. 28, 2016.
with author.
169 more than half the documents: Staff member of the Senate Intelligence Commit-
tee who requested anonymity, interview with author.
170 Snowden also disputed: Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
170 via a Vice magazine: Leopold, "Inside Washington's Quest to Bring Down Edward
Snowden."
171 previously cited road map: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, "Snowden Saga."
171 The compartment logs showed: Former NSA official who requested anonymity,
interview with author.
171 "No intelligence service": Glenn Greenwald, "Email Exchange Between Edward
Snowden and Former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey," Guardian, July 16, 2013.
171 An answer soon came: Sophie Shevardnadze, "'Snowden Believes He Did
Everything Right': Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena," SophieCo, RT television, Sept. 23,
2013, //www.rt.com/shows/sophieco/snowden-russia-lawyer-kucherena-214/.
172 "all the reports": Kucherena, interview with author.
173 Russian cyber service: Former member of the staff of the national security
adviser who requested anonymity, interview with author.
174 State Department explicitly told: Ibid.
175 "I had spent ten years": Hill, "How ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner Became
Snowden's Lawyer."
176 In the case of Stone's movie: Irina Aleksander, "Edward Snowden's Long, Strange
Journey to Hollywood," New York Times Magazine, Sept. 4, 2016.
176 "I went the first six months": Bell, "Edward Snowden Interview."
176 "There's nothing on it": Gellman, "Edward Snowden, After Months of NSA
Revelations, Says His Mission's Accomplished."
176–177 former CIA officer Ray McGovern: Mark Hosenball, "Laptops Snowden
Took to Hong Kong, Russia Were a 'Diversion,'" Reuters, Oct. 11, 2013.
177 "break my fingers": Snowden, interview with Williams. See also Burrough, Elli-
son, and Andrews, "Snowden Saga," and Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
178 "said they believed that": Perlez and Bradsher, "China Said to Have Made Call to
Let Leaker Depart."
178 "Both the Chinese and the Russians": Morell, Great War of Our Time, 284.
179 "What I can say": Snowden interview, ARD-TV, Jan. 26, 2014, https://docs
.google.com/file/d/0B95Id3j0M0lrdDA5WIZd11Ubjg/preview.
179 She urgently texted Snowden: Citizenfour.
180 Poitras's co-interrogator: Appelbaum, "Edward Snowden Interview."
180 there was no document: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, inter-
view with author.
180 He reported that no: Bamford, "Edward Snowden."
181 another person in the NSA: Ibid.
181 Greenwald suggested to the New York Times: Jo Becker, Steven Erlanger and Eric
Schmitt, "How Russia Often Benefits When Julian Assange Reveal's the West's
Secrets," New York Times, Sept. 1, 2016.
181 Greenwald and Poitras: "Snowden Leak: Israeli Commandos Killed Syrian Gen-
eral at Dinner Party," Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015.
182 Specifically, it disclosed: Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, "Spies in the Sky,"
Intercept, Jan. 28, 2016.
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