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318 | Notes to pages 130-141 /lee-harvey-oswald/. Like Snowden, Oswald was a high school dropout from a broken family who joined an elite unit of the U.S. military but failed to get an honorable discharge, became hostile to policies of the U.S. government, and defected to Russia. See Edward Jay Epstein, Legend: The Secret World of Lee Har- vey Oswald (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978), 64-104. 129 Clapper answered that: The transcript was published by The Washington Post, Jan. 29, 2014. For Clapper’s earlier closed-door testimony, see Steven Aftergood, “The Clapper ‘Lie’ and the Senate Intelligence Committee,” FAS, Jan. 6, 2014. 130 On his application to Booz Allen: Hosenball, “NSA Contractor Hired Snowden Despite Concerns About Resume Discrepancies.” 130 in contacting Laura Poitras: Greenberg, “These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks.” 130 “read” in the news reports: Snowden Q&A, Moscow, July 12, 2013, https://www -youtube.com/watch ?v=yNOS VurlAak. 131 “Consul General-Hong Kong”: James Gordon Meek et al., “NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Seeks Asylum in Ecuador,” ABC News, June 23, 2013. 131 “had an enormous interest”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 284. 131 the Enigma machines: Sebag-Montefiore, Enigma, 286-94. CHAPTER 14 The Crime Scene Investigation 133 “Any private contractor”: Snowden, interview with Williams. 133 Fifteen miles northwest: U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, “History © of NIOC Hawaii,” http://www.public.navy.mil/fec-cl0f/niochi/Pages/AboutUs ® “aspx. 134 General Alexander: Alexander, interview with author. 134 The NSA had also notified: Former NSA executive who requested anonymity, interview with author. 136 NSA did not immediately share: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 283-88. 136 briefed by the NSA: See “Unclassified Declaration of David G. Leatherwood,” US. District Court for the District of Columbia, Case 1:10-cv-02119-RMC Document 63-8 Filed 04/26/13, https://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/shaffer/042613 -leather.pdf. 137 By late July: Former intelligence executive familiar with the initial investigation who requested anonymity, interview with author. 137 According to Ledgett: Tabassum Zakaria and Warren Strobel, “After ‘Cataclys- mic’ Snowden Affair, NSA Faces Winds of Change,” Reuters, Dec. 13, 2013. 138 “Something is not right”: Transcript of interview with Alexander, Australian Financial Review, May 8, 2014. 138 This discovery came: “Glenn Greenwald’s Partner Detained at Heathrow Airport for Nine Hours,” Guardian, Aug. 18, 2013. 139 downloading documents: Ledgett was interviewed in this timeline by Bryan Bur- rough. See Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 139 thechronology: NSA executive who requested anonymity, interview with author. 140 “millions of records”: Snowden interview, German NDR TV, Jan. 26, 2014, http://www.tagesschau.de/snowden-interview-englisch100.pdf. 140 The FBI could assume: Former Justice Department official with knowledge of the Snowden case who requested anonymity, interview with author. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r.indd 318 ® 9/3016 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019806