Epstein Secrets

at important secrets be protected by what Winston Churchill famously termed “a bodyguard of lies.” Top intell

fter all, in the business of concealing their most sensitive operations. It is often considered essential that important secrets be protected by what Winston Churchill famously termed “a bodyguard of lies.” Top intelligence officials are not exempt from this practice. Consider, for example, the response to a questio

m spies. In many cases, whistle-blowers have accomplices who help them carry out their mission. For example, in 1969, the cel- ebrated whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst at the Rand Corporation, had an accomplice, Anthony Russo, who had also worked at Rand. (Both were indicted by the government.) A

ided to use that gesture for the crowds. Winston Churchill had used the V-sign to signify Victory. Then the

arms, two fingers from each hand extending up into the air. “Both,” he said. This was the exact moment | decided to use that gesture for the crowds. Winston Churchill had used the V-sign to signify Victory. Then the antiwar protesters perverted its meaning to signify Defeat. Now | was restoring its original victori

rom an ACLU official to a Peabody Award- winning journalist to members of the intelligence community who knew that sort of thing actually does go on. Daniel Ellsberg said, “Maybe it was just because | wanted to believe it so badly.” One caller claimed that he could determine, by feeding the article into a compute

ve her his word.” Snowden emails to Laura Poitras, see: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/snowdens-first-emails-to-poitras/ 35.”a bodyguard of lies...” — Churchill wrote “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies” in the fifth volume of his autobiography Closing t

ower Bradley Birkenfeld...”-- David Kocieniewski, “Whistle-Blower Awarded $104 Million by I.R.S.” New York Times, September 11, 2012 “Whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg...”-- Martin Arnold, “Pentagon Papers Charges Are Dismissed,” New York Times, May 11, 1973 “FBI office in Media...”-- Mark Mazzetti, “Burglars Who T