Epstein Secrets

providing material support to terrorists." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/6, 895K) reports that the alleged plot "was thwarted by the FBI and the U.S. Army in late May, according to the department, and the FBI arrested Melzer on June 10." Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss for the Southern District of

2021 appropriations bill Location: Rm 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC; 1:00 PM • House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on 'Kremlin crimes abroad' - Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment Subcommittee hearing on 'Exposing and Demanding Accountability for Kremlin Crimes Abr

ent employees who, as a matter of personal conscience, shared classified informa- tion they obtained from the FBI, the CIA, the State Department, and the U.S. Army with journalists. They were all convicted: Sha- mai Leibowitz in 2010, Chelsea Manning in 2013, John Kiriakou in 2013, Donald Sachtleben in 2013, Ste

hared all of it with the Russians, and they are very grateful.” This assessment was backed by Frants Klintsevich. As the first deputy chairman of the Kremlin’s defense and security committee at the time of Snowden’s defection, he was | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 166 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE

ly, a cipher, in which numbers are sub- stituted for letters. Making and breaking codes and ciphers became a crucial enterprise for nations. By 1914, the U.S. Army and Navy @ had set up units, staffed by mathematicians, linguists, and crossword @ puzzle solvers, to intercept and decode enemy messages. After the

T_019753 266 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS Alexander Litvinenko, I had interviewed Andrei Lugovoy. A former KGB officer assigned to protecting the Kremlin’s top members in the 1990s, Lugovoy later opened his own security company. In 2005, he became a business associate of Litvinenko’s in gathering infor