Epstein Secrets

ieved enormous success in World War II in using computers to crack the German Enigma cipher. This alliance expanded to include Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the so- called Five Eyes Alliance. Because over 80 percent of international phone calls and Internet traffic passed through fiber-optic cables in

low probability of a security risk. In the private sector, there is usually an unambiguous external measure of failure. An automobile company such as General Motors can measure the per- formance of its executives by reckoning its change in net income. With secret intelligence work, the metrics for failure are far

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o quality control. In the private sector, there is usually an unambiguous external measure of failure. For example, for an automobile company such as General Motors can measure the performance of its executive by reckoning it change in net income. With secret intelligence work, the metrics for failure are far les

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of GDP) 1998 — Russia ($73B — 27% of GDP) State / Local Financial Woes 1975 — New York City ($14B* Debt Outstanding) Corporate Bankruptcy 2009 — General Motors ($95B Debt Outstanding) Note: 1) Attributed to Mark Twain. *NYC government and subsidiaries had $14B debt outstanding in 1975. Adjusting for inflat