Event Details
January 01, 2013
Description
Snowden security breach exposing NSA sources.
Participants (3)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booz Allen | organization | 245 | View Entity |
| NSA | person | 2 | View Entity |
| Edward Snowden | person | 1249 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
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This document discusses the challenges and risks associated with the NSA's reliance on private contractors like Booz Allen Hamilton, highlighting the conflict between profit motives and security quality. It contrasts standard business metrics with the opaque nature of intelligence failures, citing the 2013 Snowden breach as a catastrophic public failure comparable only to the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo. The text critiques the privatization of secret intelligence, noting how financial incentives led contractors to prioritize low-wage staffing over quality control.
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Snowden and Lindsay traveled to Japan, visiting locations including Mount Fuji.
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Snowden made a ten-day trip to India, where he reportedly 'sharpened his hacking skills' in Delhi.
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An interview with Snowden for NBC.
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