| ® || Notes to pages 23-25 | 309 23 The only person: “Edward Snowden’s Friend Mavanee Anderson Exclusive Interview,” Last Word, MSNBC, June 12, 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v= beQUMdolBWE. 25 “was trying to break into”: Schmitt, “C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in ‘og Said to Slip Through the Cracks.” 26 explained the discrepancy: Former CIA officer who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 26 “It was not a stellar”: Drumheller, interviews with author. 26 “e-mail spat”: Snowden was interviewed via the Internet by Risen, “Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia.” 26 “totally incapable”: Snowden, interview with Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” 27 “through the system”: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” CHAPTER 3 Contractor 28 “Much of what I saw”: Greenwald, Poitras, and MacAskill, “Edward Snowden.” 30 This “free pass”: Tyler Drumheller, interview with author. 30 “So the guy with whom the CIA”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 284. 30 His initial job for Dell: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 31 Lindsay Mills: The information about Lindsay comes from her postings on In- stagram and her blog L’s Journey, https://twitter.com/Isjourneys. The informa- tion about her and Snowden’s travel to Mount Fuji and other places in Japan comes from the Little Red Ninja blog written by Jennie Chamberlin: https://www © .facebook.com/Little-Red-Ninja-214045021941347/timeline/. © 32 working on a backup system: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 32 most of the classified data: Source who requested anonymity, interview with author. 32 spotted a major flaw: Snowden, interview with Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” 32 “Tactually recommended”: Ibid. 33 Snowden made a ten-day trip: Harris, “What Was Edward Snowden Doing in India?” Also, Shilpa Phadnis, “Edward Snowden Sharpened His Hacking Skills in Delhi,” Times of India, Dec. 4, 2013. 33 “It is a dead-end job”: Former Booz Allen official who requested anonymity, interview with author. 3