Epstein Secrets

elf been gassed in the trenches of World War I, but because he rightly suspected an overwhelming Allied response to any first use of such a weapon. Winston Churchill actively considered using poison gas both defensively—in June 1940, when Britain faced invasion—and offensively, in July 1944, to aid the attacks

sponse to any first use of such a weapon. Winston Churchill actively considered using poison gas both defens

ry is driving the country farther down the path of instability," said Tamara Cofman Wittes, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. "And it's going to make Egypt less able to cooperate with us on countertenor and other regional security concerns because it will be more enmeshed

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

tates. For example, in 2014, the Lawfare Institute, a nonprofit organization that publishes a blog on national security concerns, in cooperation with the Brookings Institution, did an independent analysis of all the published documents that Snowden provided to the media. It concluded that with some notable exceptions, such

e other direction you might have someone say that a good=society is one that compensates for the failings of the individuals within=in it. Famously, Churchill said democracy was the least bad of a lot of bad systems. But he also said that the stron=est argument against democracy was two minutes of conversa

amar Rabinovich, a fo=mer ambassador of Israel to the United States (1993.1996), currently is ba=ed at Tel Aviv University, New York University, and the Brookings Institution. Tamara Wittes is Director of the Saban Cent=r at the Brookings Institution. 12 EFTA_R1_00107025 EFTA01785163 Article 6.</=ont> The Atlantic