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Unspecified (Context implies 2013)

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Clandestine meeting between Poitras and Gellman to discuss Snowden's documents.

Participants (2)

Name Type Mentions
Laura Poitras person 378 View Entity
Barton Gellman person 165 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019558.jpg

Book Page / Legislative Exhibit • 1.66 MB
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This document is page 70 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the filename 'Epst_...'). It details the coordination between Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, and Barton Gellman regarding the leak of NSA documents. It describes Poitras using anti-surveillance tradecraft to meet Gellman in NYC to offer him the story for The Washington Post. The document bears a House Oversight Committee stamp.

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Event Metadata

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Unknown
Location
Coffee shops, Lower Manhattan, NYC
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
2
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-21 00:20

Additional Data

Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019558.jpg
Date String
Unspecified (Context implies 2013)

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