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that Snowden had given to Poitras and Greenwald. This discovery came when British authorities, under Schedule 7 of Britain’s Terrorism Act, detained David Miranda, Greenwald’s romantic partner, at Heathrow Airport. Miranda was suspected of acting as a courier for Greenwald and Poitras. Accord- ing to Greenwald’
wald noted, “The first thing I saw was the unsolved Rubik’s Cube, twirling in the man’s left hand.” The man said, “Hello,” and introduced himself as “Ed Snowden.” Greenwald was particularly surprised by Snowden’s boyish looks. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 90 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT
e investigators had the opportunity to examine the files that Snowden had actually given Poitras and Greenwald in Hong Kong. This discovery came when David Miranda, Greenwald’s romantic partner, was detained at Heathrow Airport by British Authorities under Schedule Seven of Britain’s Terrorism Act. At the time,
then a NBC anchorman, began an hour-long NBC television interview with Snowden in 2014 by saying, “It seems to me spies probably look a lot more like Ed Snowden and a lot less like James Bond these days," Snowden approvingly smiled and told him, “I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the
vein, Poitras could hardly rely on these five confidants not to tell her (and Snowden’s) to others. Hours after he was told, Greenwald told his lover David Miranda about the source in great detail. He even asked him to evaluate the source’s bona fides for him. Gellman, for his part, raised the matter with a form
osures.” On June 9", the video was posted on the Guardian website with the Freedom of the Press Foundation getting an on-screen credit. “My name is Ed Snowden,” the extraordinary disclosure began. He then described how the NSA was watching U.S. citizens. Even though the NSA HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020253 102 sub
Entities connected to both David Miranda and Ed Snowden

Edward Snowden
PERSONGellman
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Oliver Stone
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Hawaii
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Department of Justice
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Glenn Greenwald
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Assange
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Barton Gellman
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Der Spiegel
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Mitch McConnell
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United States
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Booz Allen
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Jacob Appelbaum
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WikiLeaks
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George W. Bush
PERSONMorell
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Laura Poitras
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Micah Lee
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Barack Obama
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Woody Allen
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