Event Details
January 01, 2013
Description
Snowden's breach of NSA compartments.
Participants (1)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | person | 1249 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
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This document is page 146 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by journalist Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the ISBN in the footer), which was produced as evidence in a House Oversight investigation (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019634). The text discusses the security failures at the NSA that allowed Edward Snowden to breach their systems, specifically criticizing the outsourcing of technical work and the removal of 'stovepiping' safeguards after 9/11. It also mentions an unprofessional culture within the NSA where agents exchanged lewd photos of suspects.
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