Epstein Secrets

rested, seek bail and fight extradition in court. Tibbo said he planned to mount a powerful legal defense against extradition by using a provision in Hong Kong’s extradition treaty with the United States that protects fugitives from persecution on political grounds. After he told Snowden that it would entail a

s. They had even relayed his request to go to Russia to Putin. His movements were also no secret to sophisticated intelligence services. In an era in Hong Kong ii which cell phones emit their GPS location every 3 seconds and CCTV cameras scan many street intersections, it is not easy to conceal one’s whereabout

of the Internet. The new duties also increased the NSA’s need to create new bureaucratic mechanism to monitor its compliance with FISA court orders, Rajesh De, the NSA’s General Counsel at the time of the Snowden breach, described the NSA as becoming by 2013 “one of the most regulated enterprises in the wor

3 in 2013 made the Chinese intelligence service, willy-nilly, a potential player in whatever game he was involved in. China’s full responsibility for Hong Kong’s national security and foreign affairs includes moni- toring foreign intelligence operatives. Chinese intelligence main- | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_al

ed to the FBI. The new duties also increased the NSA’s need to create new bureaucratic mechanisms to monitor its compli- ance with FISA court orders. Rajesh De, the NSA’s general counsel at the time of the Snowden breach, described the NSA as becoming by 2013 “one of the most regulated enterprises in the wor

d in Hong Kong. Yet, Snowden chose to put his physical safety in the hands of China. One reason why Snowden may not have been overly concerned about Hong Kong’s extradition treaty with the U.S. was that he had never intended to test it by staying in Hong Kong after his media events. Snowden told the editor of

ltke, “Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border,” New York Times, June 4, 2015 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020417 266 13. , Rajesh De, the NSA’s ...”—Rajesh De, “Former NSA Lawyer on ‘Harm’ of Edward Snowden’s Revelations,” Bloomberg, July 27, 2015. https://bol.bna.com/former-nsa-la