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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

Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden’s arrival there. He proposed we meet at the Foreign Cor- @ respondents’ Club. @ Bradsher told me that he had known Albert Ho, who had been retained as Snowden’s lawyer, for more than a decade. He had inter- viewed him many times, because

h Snowden’s whereabouts during these “miss- ing” eleven days, which, among other things, could shed light on why he first came to Hong Kong, I called Keith Bradsher, a prizewin- ning journalist who had been the New York Times bureau chief in Hong Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden

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

er 2, “Ten Days in Hong Kong,” in Greenwald, No Place to Hide, 7-32. 7 Snowden also contacted: Gellman, “Code Name ‘Verax.’” 7 He proposed we meet: Bradsher, interview with author. Bradsher wrote a number of excellent articles about Snowden and Ho. See Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hon

He had visited Hong Kong: Lindsay Mills’s blog. According to Albert Ho: Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout.” Also, Keith Bradsher, interview with author. for the next ten days: Former DIA officer who requested anonymity, interview with author. “his first priority”: Greenwald,

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

y his whereabouts during these missing 11 days was a gap that needed to be filled in. It could shed light on why he came to Hong Kong. I next called Keith Bradsher, a prize-winning journalist who had been the New York Times bureau chief in Hong Kong in 2013, who had written a well-researched report about Snowden

g, a venue, I recalled, reminiscent of where John LeCarre had set the opening chapter of his spy novel The Honourable Schoolboy. When we spoke later, Bradsher told me that he knew Albert Ho, who had been retained as Snowden’s lawyer, for more than a decade, and interviewed him many times as he was a leader

sk. The AP <https://www.sfchronicle.corn/news/article/Judge-orders-ex-CIA-officer-detained-in-China-spy- 15520386.php> (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a `serious

Fires Missiles Into South China Sea. The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.cotn/2020/08/27/world/asia/missiles-south-china-sea.html> (8/27, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61 M) reports China on Wednesday "fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing's la

t makes public." Judge Orders Former CIA Officer Accused Of Spying For China Detained As Serious Flight Risk. The AP (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a 'serious

r national security policies, strategies, plans, and laws is critical." China Fires Missiles Into South China Sea. The New York Times (8/27, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports China on Wednesday "fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing's late

yer, 492K) reports the progressive group Refuse Fascism on Thursday announced it has "organized protests on Saturday in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Honolulu, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Seattle" to "oppose President Trump's 'bat

cester, forced a localized lock down there." China Poised To Dominate Global Medical Supply Production Following Pandemic. The New York Times (7/5, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports that "countries around the world have set up their own factories to cope with this pandemic and outbreaks of the future" amid conce

t makes public." Judge Orders Former CIA Officer Accused Of Spying For China Detained As Serious Flight Risk. The AP (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a 'serious

r national security policies, strategies, plans, and laws is critical." China Fires Missiles Into South China Sea. The New York Times (8/27, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports China on Wednesday "fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing's late