Epstein Secrets

ould not preclude she would not consult with others about the offer he was making her. Since her current documentary project included interviews with Assange, Appelbaum and three ex-NSA executives, intelligence services with sophisticated surveillance capabilities might also have taken a professional inter

ized release of communications intelligence documents could violate US espionage laws. Even so, there was no shortage of activists overseas, such as Assange, who would be willing to publish NSA documents revealing its global surveillance activities. And in answer to his rhetorical question, he no doubt kn

er HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020154 Chapter Ten Raider of the Inner Sanctum Chapter Eleven Escape Artist Chapter Twelve Whistle Blower Chapter Thirteen Enter Assange Chapter Fourteen Fugitive PART THREE The Counterintelligence Conundrum Chapter Fifteen Did Snowden Act Alone Chapter Sixteen The Question of When C

of non-fiction universe, hacktavists also use their skills to attempt to redress perceived abuses of power, For example in December 2010, the group “Anonymous,” whose members called “Anon” often wear Guy Fawkes masks resembling those worn in the 2006 movie V Js For Vendetta, launched a successful denial of

h one of his senior staff members to help him engineer his escape to Russia. That senior staff member was Sarah Harrison, After speaking to Snowden, Assange called Harrison, who was in Melbourne, Australia. She had gone there a month earlier to help organize Assange’s somewhat quixotic election campaign f

nwhile, Snowden was organizing his own exit from Hong Kong. He placed a call to Julian Assange. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020256 105 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Enter Assange “Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free.” — Julian Assange Born on July 3, 1971 in Queensland, Australia, Julian Assange h

ed Trojan- horse viruses and other malicious codes on Booz Allen servers that allowed it to have future entry. Presumably, if amateur hackers such as Anonymous could break into the computers of the NSA’s largest contractor, so could the state espionage services with far more advanced hacking tools such as th

es working at the NSA. Consider, for example, the successful 2011 attack on the Booz Allen Hamilton servers. The previously-mentioned hackers' group “Anonymous” took credit for it. It not only breached the security of Booz Allen servers but cracked the algorithms it used to protect its employees. It next inj

st time in more than eight years." The Washington Times (1/5, Blake, 626K) reports, "Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday that Mr. Assange, an Aussie by birth, is free to return once the appeals process is finished and his extradition case is completely over." Meanwhile, "Mexican Presid

Prison in east London, will seek to be freed on bail at a hearing on Wednesday." On Monday, a UK judge "rejected a request from U.S. authorities for Assange" to be extradited to the US "to face 18 criminal charges of breaking an espionage law and conspiring to hack government computers." Judge Vanessa B

not what I would consider to be an essential purpose." The Washington Post (1/5, Booth, 10.52M) says "the White House batted away the speculation. 'Anonymous sources who claim to know what the President is or is not considering EFTA00148597 have no idea. When President Trump has an announcement about hi

rded among hacktiv- ists that Assange chose him as his keynote speaker replacement at the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) convention in New York City. Assange told Rolling Stone, “Jake [Appelbaum] has been a tireless promoter behind the scenes of our cause.” For its part, Rolling Stone titled its profile of

zed release of communications intelligence documents would violate U.S. espionage laws. Even so, there was no shortage of activists overseas, such as Assange, who would be willing to publish NSA documents revealing its global sur- veillance activities. Cyberpunks, as these activists called themselves, tend

the real-world universe, hacktivists also use their skills to attempt to redress perceived abuses of power. For example, in December 2010, the group Anonymous, whose members, called Anons, often wear Guy Fawkes masks resembling those worn in the 2006 movie V for Vendetta, launched a success- ful denial-of-s

ardian, January 30, 2011 “Sarah Harrison, his comely...”—Sarah Ellison, “The man who came to dinner,” Vanity Fair, October 2013 “Snowden telephoned Assange...”-- Assange interview in (London) Sunday Times. Giles Whittell, “Julian Assange unmasked.” Times Magazine, August 29, 2015. Also, “Snowden told me

en had been held virtually incommunicado for 20 days. Other than Russian officials, the only person he had been allowed to see during this period was Assange’s aide, Sarah Harrison. “Where in the airport did you meet him?” I asked. Was it in a VIP lounge?” “Tt was in the transit zone,” he replied coyly.

. Also, Author’s interview with Raymond Rocca, the CIA’s former research chief for the Counterintelligence staff. “With “a learning experience...”-- Anonymous, “Out of Control,” NSA. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB424/docs/Cyber-009.pdf HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020421 270 14. “From the 127-page...”--David L

nterview with Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor of The 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 w

These private companies also did not sufficiently protect the per- sonal data of their independent contractors working at the NSA. The hackers’ group Anonymous took credit for the successful 2011 attack on the Booz Allen Hamilton servers. It also cracked the algo- rithms used to protect employees. It next in