Epstein Secrets

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,

Snowden Files. op cit. p.100-115 16. “Arranged for Micah Lee...”-- Micah Lee, “Ed Snowden taught me to smuggle secrets past incredible danger.” The Intercept, Oct 28, 2014. 17. “I took everything I...” Edward Snowden and Peter Taylor, “Are you a traitor,” Transcript. BBC Panorama, October 15, 2015 (Aired

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

tion inherently creates the potential for exploitation, particularly given the intrinsic difficulties of monitoring and enforcement. For example, the Intercept has reported that American Pacific International Capital (APIC), an American subsidiary of a corporation owned by a Chinese citizen, contributed $1.3

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

yrian Gen- eral at Dinner Party,” Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015. 182 Specifically, it disclosed: Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, “Spies in the Sky,” Intercept, Jan. 28, 2016. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 321 @ 9/30/16 11:09 AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019809 322 | Notes to pages 185-199 182 Putin