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Description

Appelbaum meets Packer naked in a sauna to avoid recording devices.

Participants (2)

Name Type Mentions
Appelbaum person 25 View Entity
George Packer person 25 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019542.jpg

Book Page / Manuscript Proof (likely from 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, utilized as a House Oversight exhibit) • 1.69 MB
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This document appears to be page 54 from a book titled 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein), processed as a House Oversight exhibit (Bates 019542). It details the activities of privacy advocates Jacob Appelbaum and Runa Sandvik, and their contact with Edward Snowden in 2012 while he was working for the NSA and Dell in Hawaii. The text describes Snowden's support for the Tor network, his setup of a relay node called 'The Signal,' and his discovery of NSA documents (such as 'Tor Stinks') attempting to compromise Tor's anonymity.

Related Events

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Publication of George Packer's article "The Holder of Secrets" in the New Yorker.

2014-10-20 • New Yorker

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Publication of the article "The Holder of Secrets" by George Packer in the New Yorker.

2014-10-20 • New Yorker

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
Sauna
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
2
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-19 22:51

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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019542.jpg
Date String
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