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Elsa Givan

Elsa Givan is a student at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a staff writer covering Intelligence & Defense for The Qui Vive. Follow on Twitter at @ontheqv.

Robert Redford in "Three Days of the Condor" (Paramount Pictures)

My drinks with a CIA mastermind: Over pinot noir in Georgetown, some hidden truths emerge

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“I had no idea what I was getting into”: Glenn Greenwald’s security guru on Edward Snowden’s secrets, Obama’s surveillance state

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