Epstein Secrets

ved to Pennsylvania with his @ new wife-to-be. This left Snowden with only one male family mem- @ ber in the area, his maternal grandfather, Admiral Barrett, who was now in the top echelon of U.S. intelligence working at the Pentagon. Barrett was there when a plane piloted by terrorists crashed into it on

active extradition treaty with the United States. Just a few months earlier, Hong Kong had made headlines by honoring America’s request to extradite Trent Martin, a fugitive wanted for insider trading. Nor was Hong Kong particularly convenient to Hawaii. There were no nonstop flights there from Honolulu in Ma

Leonnig, Johnson, and Fisher, “Who Is Edward Snowden?” 17 “I’ve always dreamed”: Mullin, “NSA Leaker Ed Snowden’s Life on Ars Technica.” 17 Admiral Barrett: Coast Guard Biography, http://www.uscg.mil/history/people /Flags/BarrettEBio.pdf. Also, for his FBI career, see http://wwwl.amn.edu /hamanrts/OathBe

y of Fear (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1977), in which I explored intelligence failures of domestic intelligence in the war on drugs. 5 extradite Trent Martin: The FBI press statement on this case was released on March 27, 2013, less than two months before Snowden bought his ticket for Hong Kong: https://ww

Edward Snowden was still a child, his grandfather would become not only an admiral but the head of the Coast Guard’s entire aviation service. Admiral Barrett would be the only grandfather, Edward Snowden would ever know. His paternal grandfather died before he was born in a fatal car crash. He had had a dr

S law since Hong Kong had an active extradition treaty with the United States. Just a few months earlier, Hong Kong had made headlines by extraditing Trent Martin, a fugitive wanted in America for insider-trading, who was arrested in Hong Kong following an American request to detain him. Martin was then sent ba