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ties, could do immense damage to Western intelligence. Indeed, he said as much once he got to Moscow. In respect to China alone, he told James Risen, the New York Times’ national security reporter, in October 2013 that he had had “access to every [NSA] target, every [NSA] active operation” that could turn out the NSA’

ews with Tyler Drumheller 6. “Snowden’s superior had suspected...”-- Eric Schmitt, “C.L.A. Warning on Snowden in ’09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks, New York Times, October 10, 2013 7. “The discrepancy was explained. ..”—Author’s interview with Source H. 8. “Snowden blamed his career-ending...”— Snowden was int

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020421 270 14. “From the 127-page...”--David Larter and Andrew Tilghman, “Military clearance OPM data breach ‘absolute calamity' ,” Navy Times, June 18, 2015 15. “It is next to impossible...”--Bruce Schneier quoted in Homer Jenkins, “The Anti-Hero of Silk Road.” Wall Street Journal, June 3,

..”—Author’s interview with Source A 9. “Admiral Rogers, the new...”-- Bill Gertz, “NSA Director: Snowden’s Leaks Helped Terrorists Avoid Tracking,” Washington Free Beacon,February 24, 2015 10. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020433 282 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020434 283 APPENDEX A SPIES AND ESPIONAGE SOURCES [TK] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_02043

intermittent basis. The Chinese government has also made it difficult for resident foreign reporters to obtain and renew journalist visas. Following the New York Times’ report on Wen’s family money, China did not approve a new journalist visa for a Times reporter for three years. While the situation has improved some

gital/china-facebook-s-largest-market/313524/; Wakabayashi, Daisuke, and Scott Shane. “Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract That Upset Employees.” New York Times. June 1, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/technology/google-pentagon-project -maven.html; Wiggers, Kyle. “Tsinghua University Plans to Open A

c425c0-840c-11e8-889e-dfla4cd5925c -html. 15 Interviews with sources close to the deal, and Gertz, Bill, “Mexican Radio to Beam Chinese Propaganda.” Washington Free Beacon. August 13, 2018. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/mexican-radio-beam -chinese-propaganda. 16 “Petition to Deny.” US Federal Communications

BREAKING DOWN DEMOCRACY: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians 1. Andrew E. Kramer, "New Russian History:Yes, People Died, but ...:NewYork Times, August 15, 2007, bttp'/lwww ny3imas. rnrn/2007/08/15/wndiVer irnpe/15iht-lettar 1 7122937 hut 2. 'The Rewriting of History; Economist November 8,

ashington Influence Game," Millington PosL September 2 2015, 17. Lachlan Markay 'State-Owned Venezuelan Oil Firm Spends Millions on U.S. Lobbying,' Washington Free Beacon, June 6, 2016, 18. Ben Schreckinger and lulia loffe, 'Lobbyist Advised Trump Campaign While Promoting Russian Pipeline,' Politico, October 7, 2016,

rust,” Cryptologic Almanac 50th Anniversary Series (NSA), Feb. 28, 2003. 220 Victor Norris Hamilton: “American Defector Is Found in Russian Prison,” New York Times, June 4, 1992. 220 He was found dead: Edward Jay Epstein, “The Spy Wars,” New York Times, Sept. 28, 1980. 222 Harold Nicholson: Elizabeth Farnswort

Is Getting Old,” NPR, March 16, 2016. 294 “Have I lost capability”: Bill Gertz, “NSA Director: Snowden’s Leaks Helped @ Terrorists Avoid Tracking,” Washington Free Beacon, Feb. 24, 2015. @ EPILOGUE The Snowden Effect 295 “Governments can reduce our dignity”: Edward Snowden, “Governments Can Reduce Our Dignity to That