Epstein Secrets

the imag- ery of crucifixion suggested that like Jesus Christ he was willing to sacrifice himself for th

by immediately nailing me to the cross rather than trying to protect me as a source.” His choice of the imag- ery of crucifixion suggested that like Jesus Christ he was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of others. In keeping with their operational security arrangement, Snowden said that he would first

ut also violated the oath he had signed when he took his job by provid- ing them to an unauthorized party. During this period, Snowden also contacted Barton Gellman, on behalf of The Washington Post, via e-mail. Indeed, while he was staying someplace other than the place he claimed to be staying, he made almost a

services. I learned when I was interviewing James Jesus Angleton, the CIA’s legendary ex-counterintellige

s by immediately nailing me to the cross rather than trying to protect me as a source.” His choice of the imagery of crucifixion suggested that, like Jesus Christ, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of others. In keeping with their operational security regime, he said that he would first send her

ts but, in a violation of his oath, he provided them to an unauthorized party. He also in Hong Kong, for the first time, directly contacted via email Barton Gellman of the Washington Post. Indeed, it was during these first 11 days during which he was staying someplace other than the place he claimed to be stayin

espionage services. When I was interviewing James Jesus Angleton—the CIA’s legendary ex- counterintellige

ithstanding, Snowden had made plans to seek a haven from American justice well before his meeting them. As early as May 24, 2013, he had suggested to Barton Gellman that he was making arrangements with a foreign government. To that end, he asked Gellman to insert an encrypted key in the Internet version of the NS

y specialized corporate “head- hunters,” as James Jesus Angleton described the process to me during the C

the Berkeley-based technology operative for the Freedom of the Press Foundation; Jacob Appelbaum, the Tor proselytizer; Ben Wizner, the ACLU lawyer; Barton Gellman; and Glenn Greenwald. “It is not me that can’t keep a secret,” Abraham Lincoln joked. “It’s the people I | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 231 @

res that sprung from the “paranoid mind” of James Jesus Angleton. When I then cited the signature line fr

d distributed to journalists. Snowden reinforced this narrative in almost in a series f interviews arranged by Wizner. In December 2013, he met with Barton Gellman of the Washington Post. It was his first face-to- face meeting with a journalist since he had arrived in Russia in June. To advance his narrative , S

estic intelligence in the war on drugs; and James Jesus Angleton: Was He Right (Fast Track Press/EJE Publ

s Bradley Manning did, anonymously sent the documents to journalists as “Citizen 4.” In fact, in late May 2013, that was exactly what he did. He sent Barton Gellman the PRISM scoop anonymously which the Washington Post published on June 6", 2013. In that scoop, Snowden’s name was not revealed. He also sent Greenw