Event Details

May 17, 2013

Description

Snowden's last day at the NSA facility; transferred data to thumb drives and walked out.

Participants (1)

Name Type Mentions
Edward Snowden person 1249 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019568.jpg

Book Page / Government Exhibit • 1.45 MB
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This document is Page 80 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the ISBN in the footer), marked as a House Oversight Committee exhibit (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019568). The text details Edward Snowden's theft of classified NSA and Booz Allen documents in April and May 2013, his method of extracting data to thumb drives, his evasion of security, and his preparations to flee Hawaii while misleading his partner, Lindsay Mills, and his colleague, Bay.

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
NSA Facility
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
1
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-20 20:56

Additional Data

Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019568.jpg
Date String
May 17, 2013

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