Epstein Secrets

's wife as "first vice president." Modern authoritarian systems are employing these blunter methods in a context of increased economic fragility. Venezuela is already in the process of political and economic disintegra- tion. Other states that rely on energy exports have also experienced setbacks due t

15, 2015, katp:// 11. Amber Philli 'Paul Manafores Com•heated Ties to Ukraine Ex•lained e Wash/ Eton Post Au ust 19, 2016, httos;llwww.washing- 12. Steven Lee Myers and Andrew E. Kramer. 'How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advisin: Donald Trump,' New York Imes, July 31,2016, 13. Ibid. 14. Engen

et Greenwald. If some consideration by Snowden precluded Brazil as a destination, Snowden could have also gone to Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Iceland, or Venezuela, which are also countries that do not have active extradition treaties with the United States. Yet, instead of proceeding to a country from which he

es, and Deadly Games, (Yale University Press, New Haven) 2008, pp. 6-11 See Also, Anatoli Golitsyn in Appendix A “Wang Lijun, a well-connected...”-- Steven Lee Myers and Mark Landler, “Frenzied Hours for U.S. on Fate of a China Insider,” /New York Times, April 17, 2012 “Within weeks of the...”’—Morell, op.cit. p.

large economic entities closely tied to the state. But there are also K Street representatives for Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ethiopia, Venezuela Hungary £ @ et 2 £ @ A) remy t and practically all of the authoritarian states in the Middle East. The toxic combination of unfair elections and

ington Post, August 19, 2016, https://www.washing- tonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/19/paul-manaforts-complicated-ties-to-ukraine-explained/. 12. Steven Lee Myers and Andrew E. Kramer, “How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump,” New York Times, July 31, 2016, http://www.nytimes.co