Epstein Secrets

also finance and release Mediastan. This sponsorship suggests that the Russian government saw potential value in the document-gathering activities of WikiLeaks. Snowden telephoned Assange at his refuge at the Ecuador embassy on June 10, 2013. According to Assange, Snowden needed help for his exit plan. He w

| | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 98 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019586 CHAPTER 11 Enter Assange Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free. —JULIAN ASSANGE, Newsweek, 2015 ULIAN ASSANGE had made a brilliant career of trafficking in state, military, and corporate

cret NSA documents was the brutal treatment of Bradley Manning after he was arrested in 2010 by the U.S. government. “Snowden told me they had abused Manning in a way that contributed to his decision to become a whistle-blower,” Assange said in an interview in 2015. If Manning’s mistreatment was Snowden’s

ited. The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/world/articles/2020-09-22/expert-wikileaks-assange-a-suicide-risk-if- extradited> (9/22, Lawless) reports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "very likely to attempt to kill himself if he is sent to the United States to face espionage charges, a psychiatric expert

ice Chief. Columbia (SC) State <https://www.thestate.com/newillocal/crime/article245919915.html> (9/22, 390K) reports that the sentencing of former Manning police chief Gary Shaffer, who was convicted over "stealing $80,000 in seized drug money and then lying to the FBI about the theft," has been postpo

ioning session to be held in private." Expert Says Assange A "Very High" Suicide Risk If Extradited. EFTA00149072 The AP (9/22, Lawless) reports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "very likely to attempt to kill himself if he is sent to the United States to face espionage charges, a psychiatric expert

49075 Court Postpones Sentencing Of Convicted South Carolina Police Chief. Columbia (SC) State (9/22, 390K) reports that the sentencing of former Manning police chief Gary Shaffer, who was convicted over "stealing $80,000 in seized drug money and then lying to the FBI about the theft," has been postp

Instead of asking them to “throw off their chains,” as Marx did, he asked them to send clas- sified documents about secret government activity to the WikiLeaks site. Snowden, as a “sys admin,” was aware he had the power to do so. He recalled in Moscow in 2014, “I actually recommended they [the NSA] move to t

w Chelsea Manning) to transfer some fifty thousand diplomatic cables and military reports from his laptop to Assange’s WikiLeaks website. Eventually, Manning was identified by a fellow hacker, con- victed by a military court for violations of the Espionage Act, and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.

t and the questioning session to be held in private." Expert Says Assange A "Very High" Suicide Risk If Extradited. The AP (9/22, Lawless) reports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "very likely to attempt to kill himself if he is sent to the United States to face espionage charges, a psychiatric expert

story. Court Postpones Sentencing Of Convicted South Carolina Police Chief. Columbia (SC) State (9/22, 390K) reports that the sentencing of former Manning police chief Gary Shaffer, who was convicted over "stealing $80,000 in seized drug money and then lying to the FBI about the theft," has been postp

nly one door”: Gotta, e-mail exchange with author. 250 “A special operation”: Gridasov, Yavlyansky, and Gorkovskaya, “Secret Services in Moscow with WikiLeaks Conducted Operation Snowden.” 251 “If they [the U.S. government]”: Vanden Heuvel and Cohen, “Snowden Speaks.” 251 Overa hundred reporters: Irina Ga

Assange: Assange interview, in Giles Whittell, “Julian Assange Unmasked,” Sunday Times (London), Aug. 29, 2015. 99 “Snowden told me they had abused Manning”: Michael Sontheimer, “Spiegel Interview with Julian Assange,” Spiegel Online International, July 19, 2015. 100 Assange called Harrison: Corbett, “H

ir IP addresses. Since Wikileaks did not know the identity of their sources, they could not be legally compelled to reveal them. "Tor's importance to WikiLeaks cannot be overstated," Assange said in an interview with Ro/ling Stone in 2010. Indeed without the anonymity provided by its TOR software, Wikileaks

court sentenced to 35 years in a military stockade. The prison time that others received did not go unnoticed by Snowden. He had been following the Manning case since 2012. In fact, he posted about it shortly before he began stealing far more HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020172 21 damaging documents than had Manni

it from Hong Kong. He placed a call to Julian Assange. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020256 105 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Enter Assange “Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free.” — Julian Assange Born on July 3, 1971 in Queensland, Australia, Julian Assange had made a brilliant career of trafficking i

secret NSA documents was the brutal treatment of Bradley Manning after he was arrested in 2010 by the US government. “Snowden told me they had abused Manning in a way that contributed to his decision to become a whistleblower,” Assange said in an interview in 2015. If Manning’s mistreatment was Snowden’s m