Epstein Secrets

most of her other friends, except for Jennie and Joe Chamberlin in Japan, had not met him. Next door n

ade her vul- nerable to NSA surveillance. To get to her through an encrypted channel, Snowden chose a circuitous approach. On January 11, he wrote to Micah Lee in Berkeley, California. Given Lee’s residence in the United States, as Snowden knew, the NSA would be legally barred from monitoring his communicati

to Bring Down Edward Snowden.” Vice, June 4, 2015. Miller, Greg. “U.S. Officials Scrambled to Nab Snowden.” Washington Post, June 14, 2014. Mullin, Joe. “NSA Leaker Ed Snowden’s Life on Ars Technica.” Ars Technica, June 13, 2013. Packer, George. “The Holder of Secrets.” New Yorker, Oct. 20, 2014. R

er film Citizenfour and published in Wired. See Greenberg, “These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks.” 63 he wrote to Micah Lee: Lee’s involvement with Snowden, although known to the journalists Greenwald and Poitras since April 2013, was not revealed to the pub- lic for some

of her friends, with the exception of Jennie and Joe Chamberlin in Japan, had never met Snowden. If he

journalist. Like Poitras, he joined the board of directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The foundation, which eventually Runa Sandvik and Micah Lee would join, had been set up expressly to funnel money to both Assange’s Wikileaks site and the defense fund for Bradley Manning after he was arrested

en May 2001 and May 2012. His posts are quoted by Joe Mullins, “NSA leaker Ed Snowden’s life on Ars Tec

re the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks,” Wired, October 13, 2014 (Hereinafter Snowden Emails to Poitras.) 13. “He wrote to Micah Lee...”—Micah Lee’s involvement with Snowden, although know to journalists Greenwald and Poitras since April 2013, was not revealed to the public for som