Epstein Secrets

it will be a major diplomatic coup." So it was. And nowhere was this coup better celebrated than in Russia's pro-government press. An editorial in Izvestia was ecstatic about Russia's return to global prominence by its eleventh-hour deal- making. "Suddenly it turned out that everybody needed Russia and

nd self-evident ambivalence about its future role in the world. As Alexander Rahr, a Putin biographer and analyst at the German-Russian Forum, told Bloomberg: "If Russia's proposal stops the U.S. from conducting war, it will be a major diplomatic coup." So it was. And nowhere was this coup better celebra

rdian, June 9, 2013. Gridasov, Andrei, Igor Yavlyansky, and Mary Gorkovskaya. “Secret Services in Moscow with WikiLeaks Conducted Operation Snowden.” Izvestia, June 23, 2013. Harris, Shane. “What Was Edward Snowden Doing in India?” Foreign Policy, Jan. 13, 2014. Hastings, Michael. “Julian Assange: The Rolli

gress by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, quoted in David Tweed, “China Takes Nuclear Weapons Undersea Away from Prying Eyes,” Bloomberg Busi- ness, Dec. 8, 2014. 232 “results of decades”: Select Committee, U.S. Congress, Report, 1999, http:// www-.house.gov/coxreport/chapfs/overhtml.

alk about Russia...”--“The NSA was actually...”--James Bamford and Tim De Chant, “Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, Nova, PBS. January 8, 2015 2. 8. “Izvestia, “a special operation...”— Andrei Gridasov, Igor Yavlyansky and Mary Gorkovskaya “Secret Services in Moscow with Wikileaks conducted Operation Snowde

June 4, 2015 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020417 266 13. , Rajesh De, the NSA’s ...”—Rajesh De, “Former NSA Lawyer on ‘Harm’ of Edward Snowden’s Revelations,” Bloomberg, July 27, 2015. https://bol.bna.com/former-nsa-lawyer-on-harm-of-edward-snowdens- revelations/ 14. “The attack on Sony...”-- Rob Lever, “Some Expert