Epstein Secrets

ntortions that are becoming part of Washington's routine." Only if you believe that deficits mean the end is near can any of this be justified. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, perfectly encapsulated the effort to diminish the importance of all else (including growth) when he declared recen

ar: Many people — read: Democrats — blame Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) for articulating the "opposition at all costs strategy" While McConnell did say the goal for the GOP and its voters was to make Obama a "one-term president," he did so mere days before the 2010 election and, therefore, w

sing Mali as any example this week in The Washington Post — Obama administration learns that `leading from behind' is the right place for the U.S. — Walter Pincus says that, "leading from behind" is the right policy choice for the United States to follow in most of today's international confrontations with wha

ion to the direct and significant cost to taxpayers represented by this investiga- tion, one measure of how serious the loss has been was revealed by Michael McConnell, the vice-chairman of the company for which Snowden had worked at the time of the breach. McConnell stated publicly, “Snowden has compromised more ca

serious the loss has been was revealed by Michael McConnell, the vice-chairman of the company for which Snowden had worked at the time of the breach. McConnell stated publicly, “Snowden has compromised more capability than any spy in U.S. history.” McConnell had no obvious reason to exaggerate the @ loss be

Guardian’ Journalist: Snowden Docs Contain NSA ‘Blueprint,’ ” USA Today, June 15, 2013. 168 a heart attack: Citizenfour. 168 “keys to the kingdom”: Walter Pincus, “Snowden Still Holding ‘Keys to the Kingdom,’ ” Washington Post, Dec. 18, 2013. Also, Ledgett interview, 60 Minutes, CBS, Dec. 15, 2013. | | Epst_9

with Vanity Fair. “The Snowden Saga,” Vanity Fair, op. cit 9.”” Whatever his motive, he...” Snowden’s obtaining the NSA examination is described by Michael McConnell. See Rachael King, “Ex-NSA Chief Details Snowden's Hiring at Agency, Booz Allen,” Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2014. The extended video of interv

ER TEN Raider of the Inner Sanctum 1.’ They think there’s a smoking gun...”—Bamford. Wired. op. cit. 2.”System for stratifying its data...”—Michael McConnell interview, Rachael King, “Ex-NSA Chief Details Snowden's Hiring at Agency, Booz Allen,” Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2014. 3.” Snowden applied t

p.3 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020414 263 14. “Russia had dispatched at least...”.—Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, (Doubleday, New York) 2007, pp.450-451. Also, Walter Pincus, “CIA passed bogus news to presidents,” Washington Post, October 31, 1995 15. “There are no rivers...”—Michael Hayden interview in Wall Street Journ