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Extraction Summary
7
People
5
Organizations
5
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / manuscript proof (page 164 of "how america lost its secrets")
File Size:
1.62 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page (164) from a book titled 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the filename 'Epst...'). The text analyzes Edward Snowden's defection, suggesting Vladimir Putin allowed Snowden into Russia not out of kindness, but to exploit him as an intelligence asset to disrupt US interests, similar to Cold War tactics. It also notes Snowden's awareness of the legal consequences he faced, citing his interest in the Bradley Manning trial. The page bears a House Oversight Committee stamp.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Morell | Author/Source |
Suggested Snowden might not have realized how he would be used.
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| Edward Snowden | Subject |
Former intelligence worker who leaked NSA documents and fled to Hong Kong then Russia.
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| Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
Made the decision to allow Snowden to travel to Russia to exploit him as a defector.
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| Nikita Khrushchev | Former Soviet Leader |
Mentioned regarding his 1956 secret speech exposed by the CIA.
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| Joseph Stalin | Former Soviet Leader |
Mentioned in the context of Khrushchev exposing his regime's transgressions.
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| General Alexander | Military/Intelligence Official |
Suggested Putin was looking to capitalize on Snowden's disruptive actions.
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| Bradley Manning | Whistleblower/Leaker |
Whose trial Snowden followed closely; noted as being kept in solitary confinement.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Putin’s intelligence service |
Allowed Snowden to travel to Russia.
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; source of documents taken by Snowden.
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| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency; mentioned regarding Cold War operations.
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| Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Recipient of Khrushchev's 1956 speech.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019652'.
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Timeline (3 events)
2013 (Implied context)
Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Destination for Snowden.
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Location where Snowden fled with documents and where Russian representatives offered exfiltration.
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Specific city in Russia where Snowden was allowed to go.
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Historical context regarding Cold War operations.
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Country Snowden fled from and damaged interests of.
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Relationships (2)
Putin offered freedom from arrest and a platform; Putin calculated advantages of allowing Snowden to come to Moscow.
Alexander assessed Snowden's actions as disruptive and analyzed Putin's potential capitalization on them.
Key Quotes (3)
"Snowden might not himself have fully realized 'when and how he would be used.'"Source
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"Putin might similarly be 'looking to capitalize on the fact that [Snowden’s] actions are enormously disruptive and damaging to US interests.'"Source
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Quote #2
"The exploitation of an intelligence defector, even after he yields his secrets, can be the final stage of a successful intelligence operation."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,386 characters)
164 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS
have been reeled in unwittingly. Morell suggested in his book that
Snowden might not himself have fully realized “when and how he
would be used.”
Snowden might not himself have fully realized “when and how he
would be used.”
It can be safely assumed that the decision made by Putin’s intel-
ligence service to allow Snowden to travel to Russia proceeded from
something other than softhearted sentiment about his welfare. After
Putin learned that there was an American in Hong Kong from the
“special services” seeking to come to Russia, he also learned from
Snowden’s own disclosure on the video released that Snowden had
taken a large number of NSA documents to Hong Kong: indeed,
some were shown on the video. After that self-outing by Snowden,
Putin had plenty of time to calculate the advantages and disadvan-
tages of allowing him to come to Moscow.
ligence service to allow Snowden to travel to Russia proceeded from
something other than softhearted sentiment about his welfare. After
Putin learned that there was an American in Hong Kong from the
“special services” seeking to come to Russia, he also learned from
Snowden’s own disclosure on the video released that Snowden had
taken a large number of NSA documents to Hong Kong: indeed,
some were shown on the video. After that self-outing by Snowden,
Putin had plenty of time to calculate the advantages and disadvan-
tages of allowing him to come to Moscow.
Putin could offer him not only freedom from arrest but also a
platform to express his views. The exploitation of an intelligence
defector, even after he yields his secrets, can be the final stage of
a successful intelligence operation. The CIA considered one of its
greatest coups of the Cold War its release of the espionage-acquired
secret speech of Nikita Khrushchev to the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union in 1956 exposing the transgressions of the previous
regime of Joseph Stalin. Making public these deeds was meant by
the CIA to sow discord both inside the Soviet Union and to disrupt
its relations with its allies. General Alexander suggested that Putin
might similarly be “looking to capitalize on the fact that [Snowden’s]
actions are enormously disruptive and damaging to US interests.”
This potential gain, if Alexander’s assessment is correct, provided
Putin with an additional reason to have his representatives in Hong
Kong offer Snowden exfiltration.
platform to express his views. The exploitation of an intelligence
defector, even after he yields his secrets, can be the final stage of
a successful intelligence operation. The CIA considered one of its
greatest coups of the Cold War its release of the espionage-acquired
secret speech of Nikita Khrushchev to the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union in 1956 exposing the transgressions of the previous
regime of Joseph Stalin. Making public these deeds was meant by
the CIA to sow discord both inside the Soviet Union and to disrupt
its relations with its allies. General Alexander suggested that Putin
might similarly be “looking to capitalize on the fact that [Snowden’s]
actions are enormously disruptive and damaging to US interests.”
This potential gain, if Alexander’s assessment is correct, provided
Putin with an additional reason to have his representatives in Hong
Kong offer Snowden exfiltration.
Snowden was in no position to refuse. After the release of the
video, there was no going back to America without his facing a
determined criminal prosecution. He would have known that in
almost every prior case intelligence workers who had intentionally
released even a single classified document had gone to prison. As his
Internet postings show, he had closely followed the ordeal of Bradley
Manning, whose trial was coming to its conclusion while Snowden
was in Hong Kong. Manning had been kept in solitary confinement
video, there was no going back to America without his facing a
determined criminal prosecution. He would have known that in
almost every prior case intelligence workers who had intentionally
released even a single classified document had gone to prison. As his
Internet postings show, he had closely followed the ordeal of Bradley
Manning, whose trial was coming to its conclusion while Snowden
was in Hong Kong. Manning had been kept in solitary confinement
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