Epstein Secrets

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

rking for a private contractor at the time. Snowden had little concern about misleading journalists when it suited his purpose. For example, he told Alan Rusbridger of the Guardian, Brian Williams of NBC News, James Bamford of Wired Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Barton Gellman of the Washington P

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

thing more than a temporary stopover on his escape route. Two months later and safely in Moscow, he made this point clear in a lengthy interview with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guard- ian. He told him that it had never been part of his plan to use Hong Kong to escape the legal consequences of his act. “The

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

Nation, in 2014. He had already discussed the likelihood of his being captured in Ecuador with Assange before his departure for Moscow. He later told Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, that he considered himself at risk in Latin America. So why would Snowden, who told Greenwald that his “first priority”

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

n his escape route. Two later months later and safely in Moscow, he made this point HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020260 109 clear in a lengthily interview with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian. He told him that it never had been part of his plan to use Hong Kong to escape the legal consequences of his act. “The p