Epstein Secrets

until June 10 that the CIA’s director, John Owen Brennan, and his deputy, Michael Morell, were briefed by

a safe location. Although Tibbo @ would not identify the person who had called, the message had been relayed to Man and him through Ho’s office. When Tibbo called Snowden offering to help him move, Snowden told him, “I can make myself unrecognizable.” Tibbo and Man immediately proceeded to the mall adja

list chosen was Lana Lam, a young Australian reporter working for the South China Morning Post. Tibbo had suggested Lam to Snowden. She had served as Tibbo’s outlet on previous news stories, and, as he told me, he found her to be a totally reliable jour- nalist. He brought her to Poitras’s suite at the S

ot until a week later that CIA Director John Owen Brennan and Deputy Director Michael Morell were briefed b

an-born barrister, specializing in civil liberties cases, who had worked closely with Ho on the Snowden case. He immediately agreed to see me. I met Tibbo in the tea room at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Hong Kong Island, where I moved to from the Mira hotel. The Mandarin was also convenient to Tibbo’s

t Tibbo in the tea room at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Hong Kong Island, where I moved to from the Mira hotel. The Mandarin was also convenient to Tibbo’s office at the court. Tibbo was a tall, round-faced man, with thinning hair, in his early fifties. He talked freely about his remarkable career. Af

orists much more challenging.” CIA Director John Brennan in response to the Paris attack, November 2015 I

olicy and legal and other actions that make our ability collectively, internationally, to find these terrorists much more challenging.” CIA Director John Brennan in response to the Paris attack, November 2015 In the evening of November 13, 2015, normal life in Paris was brought to a screeching halt by nine Ji

Exit Started With Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout.” New York Times, June 24, 2013 11. “Appointment with Robert Tibbo...”==Author’s interviews with Tibbo. “Meet with me on condition...”—this source, as well as many others in the investigation, spoke to me on condition that I did not identify them by n