Epstein Secrets

o Greenwald to explain his position. “Even the Constitution is subverted when the appetites of power demand it,” Snowden said. Paraphrasing President Thomas Jefferson, he continued, “Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.” Snowden, showing his cultlike f

an, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.” Snowden, showing his cultlike faith in encryption, substituted “cryptography” for Jefferson’s word “con- stitution.” Gibson was unmoved. The stolen NSA documents were another matter. They were an enormous scoop that could have a greater impa

ted for his fantasy games. It was bur- nished so deeply in his self-image that he cited it eight years later, in exaggerated fashion, in Moscow. When Brian Williams, then an NBC anchorman, began an hour-long television interview with Snowden in 2014 by saying, “It seems to me spies probably look a lot more like E

letter explain his position. “Even the Constitution is subverted when the appetites of power demand it,” Snowden asserted, and paraphrasing President Thomas Jefferson, he continued. “Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.” Snowden, showing his cult- like

h in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.” Snowden, showing his cult- like faith in encryption, had “cryptography” for Jefferson’s word “constitution. Despite his Jeffersonian rhetoric, she decided against publishing it or the Manifesto. The stolen NSA documents were another ma

the time. Snowden had little concern about misleading journalists when it suited his purpose. For example, he told Alan Rusbridger of the Guardian, Brian Williams of NBC News, James Bamford of Wired Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Barton Gellman of the Washington Post and Jane Mayer of Zhe New Yo

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hool, too, without a degree. Between 1973 and 1975, Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School. By most accounts, he was something of a Robin Williams—in—Dead Poets Society type of figure, wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs. So impressed was one Wall Street father of