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

dix A the Spies in this Book [TK] End Notes Bibiography [TK] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020156 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020157 Chronology 1: Snowden Thriller: From Honolulu to Moscow in 82 Days. April 8, 2013, Honolulu. Edward Snowden begins working as an infrastructure-analyst in training at the National Threat Operati

ire extinguishers were bugged. The allegations were made "in written testimony of a former employee of the Spanish security firm at a hearing where Assange is fighting attempts to have him extradited to the US." The activities were carried out "at the behest of `American friends,' the employee of UC Glo

om/media/2020/sep/30/us-intelligence-sources-discussed- poisoning-julian-assange-court-told> (9/30, Quinn, 4.19M) reports "plans to poison or kidnap" Assange "were discussed between sources in US intelligence and a private security firm that spied extensively on the WikiLeaks co-founder, a court has been

on in coronavirus relief aid meant to help small businesses." Martin Kao, 47, "is the CEO of Martin Defense Group, formerly known as Navatek LLC, a Honolulu-based company that over the years has received millions of dollars in federal contracts, primarily to design state-of-the-art ship hulls for the U.S

fire extinguishers were bugged. The allegations were made "in written testimony of a former employee of the Spanish security firm at a hearing where Assange is fighting attempts to have him extradited to the US." The activities were carried out "at the behest of 'American friends,' the employee of UC Gl

e filing the agency was "acting on the instructions of US intelligence." The Guardian (UKI (9/30, Quinn, 4.19M) reports "plans to poison or kidnap" Assange "were discussed between sources in US intelligence and a private security firm that spied extensively on the WikiLeaks co-founder, a court has been

ion in coronavirus relief aid meant to help small businesses." Martin Kao, 47, "is the CEO of Martin Defense Group, formerly known as Navatek LLC, a Honolulu-based company that over the years has received millions of dollars in federal contracts, primarily to design state-of-the-art ship hulls for the U.

ire extinguishers were bugged. The allegations were made "in written testimony of a former employee of the Spanish security firm at a hearing where Assange is fighting attempts to have him extradited to the US." The activities were carried out "at the behest of `American friends,' the employee of UC Glo

For First Time "Seeking To Push Back On Russia And China." • "American Friends" Of Ecuadorean Embassy's Security Detail Allegedly Plotted To Kidnap Assange. EFTA00148896 • Snowden Ordered By Judge To "Surrender Book Profits" To US. • Pentagon Collaborating With Armed Services On JEDI Cloud Transition

on in coronavirus relief aid meant to help small businesses." Martin Kao, 47, "is the CEO of Martin Defense Group, formerly known as Navatek LLC, a Honolulu-based company that over the years has received millions of dollars in federal contracts, primarily to design state-of-the-art ship hulls for the U.S

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

e Trent Martin, a fugitive wanted for insider trading. Nor was Hong Kong particularly convenient to Hawaii. There were no nonstop flights there from Honolulu in May 2013. Snowden flew eight hours to Narita International Airport in Japan, where he waited almost three hours. He then flew five hours to Hong K

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

ssia. He also said that he was “100 percent” certain that no foreign intelligence service had had access to them at any point during his journey from Honolulu to Moscow. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020291 140 When I later asked Kucherena in Moscow why Snowden changed his story in direct contradiction of what Kuchere

to The New York Times, and he suggested as punishment “those people should be shot in the balls.” Either he had a change of heart, or he was telling Assange what he believed he wanted to hear. Assange counseled Snowden to go directly to Russia. “My advice was that he should take asylum in Russia despite

their re- sponsibility. —EDWARD SNOWDEN, Moscow, 2013 Wi SNOWDEN in Hong Kong was attempting to reel in the journalists, Lindsay Mills returned to Honolulu from her “island-hopping” trip to find their house partially flooded and Snowden nowhere to be found. In a brief note Snowden left her, he said he wa

rs were bugged. The EFTA01658508 allegations were made "in written testimony of a former employee of the Spanish security firm at a hearing where Assange is fighting attempts to have him extradited to the US." The activities were carried out "at the behest of `American friends,' the employee of UC Glo

on in coronavirus relief aid meant to help small businesses." Martin Kao, 47, "is the CEO of Martin Defense Group, formerly known as Navatek LLC, a Honolulu-based company that over the years has received millions of dollars in federal contracts, primarily to design state-of-the-art ship hulls for the U.S

rmation War” Guardian, Jan. 30, 2011. 99 Sarah Harrison: Sarah Ellison, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2013. 99 Snowden telephoned Assange: Assange interview, in Giles Whittell, “Julian Assange Unmasked,” Sunday Times (London), Aug. 29, 2015. 99 “Snowden told me they had abused Manning”

Chervonnaya in Russia for their help in arranging my interviews in those places. I also owe special thanks to Nick Grube, an editor at Civil Beat in Honolulu, for accompanying me to the NSA base where Snowden was working in 2013. I am indebted to Nancy Novick for her skill, patience and enter- prise in he