Epstein Secrets

ted for his fantasy games. It was bur- nished so deeply in his self-image that he cited it eight years later, in exaggerated fashion, in Moscow. When Brian Williams, then an NBC anchorman, began an hour-long television interview with Snowden in 2014 by saying, “It seems to me spies probably look a lot more like E

as is known, the Chamberlins were the only Americans at the base with whom Snowden socialized. On August 17, 2009, the foursome attempted to walk up Mount Fuji, @ but they got lost en route and wound up in the Mount Fuji gift @ shop. Jennie described the misadventure in her blog: “Our adven- ture started of

019795 308 | Notes to pages 8-23 8 appointment with Robert Tibbo: Tibbo, interviews with author. 11-12 “angel descending”: Snowden, interview with Brian Williams, NBC, May 28, 2014. CHAPTER 1 Tinker 15 “It’s like the boiling frog”: Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” 15 Lon Snowden, like his father: The best reporti

comes from her postings on In- stagram and her blog L’s Journey, https://twitter.com/Isjourneys. The informa- tion about her and Snowden’s travel to Mount Fuji and other places in Japan comes from the Little Red Ninja blog written by Jennie Chamberlin: https://www @ .facebook.com/Little-Red-Ninja-2140450219

the time. Snowden had little concern about misleading journalists when it suited his purpose. For example, he told Alan Rusbridger of the Guardian, Brian Williams of NBC News, James Bamford of Wired Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Barton Gellman of the Washington Post and Jane Mayer of Zhe New Yo

as is known, he and his wife were the only Americans at the base with whom Snowden socialized. On August 17, 2009, the foursome attempted to walk up Mount Fuji, but they got lost en route to the tourist site. Giving up on Mount Fuji, they wound up in the Mount Fuji gift shop. Jennie described the misadventur

lder of Secrets,” New Yorker, October 20, 2014 3. “This powerful narrative...” See Greenwald, op. cit. pp. 248-254. Snowden “Trapped: Interview with Brian Williams, May 28, 2014, http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview 4. “When two NSA analysts...”—‘“Claim US Spy Caught with Secrets.” Los Angele

say comes from her postings on Instagram and her blog “LS Journey.” https://twitter.com/Isjourneys. The information about her and Snowden’s travel to Mount Fuji and other places in Japan come from the Little Red Ninja blog written by Jennie Chamberlin. https://www.facebook.com/Little-Red-Ninja- 21404502194134