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Extraction Summary
5
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
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Narrative account / manuscript / investigative report
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Summary
This document appears to be an excerpt from a narrative or report (marked with House Oversight numbering) detailing a journalist's efforts to interview Edward Snowden in Moscow. The narrator communicates with a source named Zamir, who instructs that all access must go through a lawyer named Kucherena, involving a strict vetting process. The narrator subsequently arranges a visa in New York and travel to Moscow to attempt the meeting. While part of a dataset that may include Epstein materials, this specific page deals exclusively with the Snowden interview logistics.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator ('I') | Journalist/Writer |
Seeking an interview with Edward Snowden, organizing travel to Moscow.
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| Zamir | Intermediary/Source |
Providing the narrator with information on how to access Snowden and acting as a go-between.
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| Edward Snowden | Interview Subject |
Former intelligence contractor living in Russia; the target of the narrator's interview request.
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| Kucherena | Lawyer/Gatekeeper |
Identified as Anatoly Kucherena (implied); the only 'door' to Snowden who vets questions.
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| Bamford | Journalist/Author |
Likely James Bamford; mentioned as having previously met Snowden at the National hotel.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| National hotel |
Hotel in Red Square, Moscow, where the narrator booked a room and Snowden previously met Bamford.
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| Russian consulate |
Located in New York; where the narrator obtained a visa.
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| Aeroflot |
Airline used by the narrator for a direct flight to Moscow.
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Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Destination city.
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Location of the National hotel.
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Viewable from the narrator's hotel room.
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Location of the Russian consulate where the visa was obtained.
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Relationships (3)
Zamir wrote to the narrator advising on how to reach Snowden.
Described as the 'only door' to Snowden; vets questions.
Mentioned as having previous meetings with Snowden at the National hotel.
Key Quotes (3)
"“There is only one door to Snowden,” Zamir wrote me. “His name is Kucherena.”"Source
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"Kucherena required that any journalist seeking an interview with Snowden to submit his questions to him two weeks in advance"Source
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Quote #2
"sign a document stating I would not deviate from the questions."Source
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Quote #3
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“There is only one door to Snowden,” Zamir wrote me. “His name is Kucherena.” Since Zamir said Kucherena rarely saw journalists he that he had a contact in his office. He further told me Kucherena required that any journalist seeking an interview with Snowden to submit his questions to him two weeks in advance and, if approved, sign a document stating I would not deviate from the questions. Next, my questions had to be translated from English to Russian (even though Snowden does not speak Russian) and then vetted by Kucherena’s staff. Zamir also suggested I stay at the National hotel in Red Square because Snowden has gone there for previous meetings with Bamford. So I sent Kucherena, via Zamir, ten questions that might interest Snowden (if they ever reached him.)
I next obtained a multi-entry Russian visa from the Russian consulate in New York, booked myself a room in the National hotel with a view of the Kremlin and used all my remaining frequent travel miles to book a direct flight on Aeroflot to Moscow.
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