232 CHAPTER TWO The Crime Scene Investigation 1. “Any private contractor...”—Snowden Interviewed by Brian Williams, NBC, May 28, 2014 (Hereinafter Snowden NBC Interview.) 2. “About 15 miles....°-—U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, “History of NIOC Hawaii”, http://www.public.navy.mil/fec- c10f/niochi/Pages/AboutUs.aspx 3. “Keith Alexander, the four-star general who headed...”—Author’s Interview with Keith Alexander 4. “The NSA meanwhile notified the FBI...”— Author’s interview with anonymous source A, a former government intelligence executive familiar with the initial investigation. 5. “Within the next few days...” ...”.— Author’s interview with anonymous source A, a former government intelligence executive familiar with the initial investigation. 6. ”Copied “over 900,000” military files...”—the document was obtained via a Freedom of Information request by VICE. See Jason Leopold, “Inside Washington's Quest to Bring Down Edward Snowden,” Vice, June 4, 2015 7. “NSA did not immediately share with the CIA....” Morell, op.cit. pp. 283-288 8. “By late July, NSA investigators...”-- Author’s interview with anonymous source B, a former government intelligence executive familiar with the initial investigation. 9. “They could walk out the door,” Snowden interview, German NDR TV, January 26, 2014. http://www.tagesschau.de/snowden-interview- englisch100.pdf 10. “According to Ledgett, the perpetrator...” Tabassum Zakaria and Warren Strobel, “After 'cataclysmic' Snowden affair, NSA faces winds of change,” Reuters December 13, 2013 11. “the analysis of the logs,” Author's interview with Source A 12. Services’ “black budget...”-- Morell .op.cit. p. 285 13. “Something is not right,” Alexander...”--“Interview transcript: General Keith Alexander,” Australian Financial Review. http://www.afr.com/technology/web/security/interview-transcriptformer-head-of-the- nsa-and-commander-of-the-us-cyber-command-general-keith-alexander-20140507- itzhw#ixzz3m6TkuRal 14. “This di