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TS SECRETS no known appointments there. Even so, Snowden carried to Hong Kong digital copies he had made of the top secret NSA documents. As General Michael Hayden, who served as the head of both the NSA and the CIA, told me, “It’s very mysterious why Snowden chose Hong Kong.” We can assume he had a compelling e
isted on meet- | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 53 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019541 54 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS ing with Packer naked in a sauna so he could be sure Packer did not have a recording device (other than his notebook). Appelbaum stated repeatedly in interviews that
ura: The description of Snowden’s life in Maryland comes entirely from Lindsay Mills’s Internet postings. See L's Journey. 34 The guest speaker was: Michael Hayden, interview with the author. 34 “They [the NSA] are intent”: Greenwald, Poitras, and MacAskill, “Edward Snowden.” 34 “none of whom took any action”
The film can be found at https://thoughtmaybe.com/citizenfour/. “The initial impression”: Greenwald, No Place to Hide, 30. “Minutes after meeting”: Packer, “Holder of Secrets.” One possible reason: Snowden, interview with Williams; Bamford, “Edward Snowden”; Jane Mayer, “Snowden Calls Russian-Spy Story
ne, he had no known appointments there. Even so, Snowden carried the digital copies he had made of the top-secret NSA documents to Hong Kong. General Michael Hayden, who served both as the head of the NSA and the CIA, told me. “It’s very mysterious why Snowden chose Hong Kong.” Whatever reason he had for flying t
protect himself from American surveillance. For example, when George Packer interviewed him for the New Yorker, in 2014, he insisted on meeting with Packer naked in a sauna so he could be sure Packer did not have a recording device (other than his notebook.) Appelbaum stated repeatedly in other interview
/australian-research-analyst-extradited- on-insider-trading-charges HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020378 Zand 6. “It’s very mysterious ...”—Author’s interviews, Michael Hayden 7. “My first surprise ...” -- I interviewed 6 members of the Mira staff, all of whom asked me not to identify them. Te-Ping Chen, a journalist for the
um, “Meet the Most Dangerous Man in Cyberspace: The American Behind Wikileaks, Rolling Stone, December 2,2010 “Appelbaum acted to defeat-...”—George Packer, The Holder of Secrets, The New Yorker, October 20, 2014 “She identified herself in Forbes...’”—Runa A Sandvik, Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/sites/
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