Event Details
January 01, 2013
Description
Snowden Breach
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSA | person | 2 | View Entity |
| Edward Snowden | person | 1249 | View Entity |
Source Documents (2)
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This document is page 204 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, bearing a House Oversight Committee stamp. The text discusses the NSA's surveillance capabilities, specifically regarding foreign jihadists and the bureaucratic compliance measures implemented after the Snowden breach in 2013. It details the oversight roles of Rajesh De (NSA General Counsel), the DOJ, and the President's Oversight Board, while noting the tension between surveillance duties and protecting government networks from cyber attacks.
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This document appears to be a page (188) from a book manuscript or investigative report regarding Edward Snowden's defection to Russia. The text analyzes the damage control efforts by the NSA and GCHQ following the breach, Snowden's life in Moscow, and questions his motives for taking specific documents that were never released to journalists. The author mentions making arrangements to travel to Moscow in October 2015 to investigate the circumstances of Snowden's arrival in Russia. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp.
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