Epstein Secrets

am headed by Richard “Rick” Ledgett, who was then director of the NSA’s Threat Opera- tions Center at the NSA’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. Ledgett was the logical choice to head the damage assessment inves- tigation because the center’s regional branch in Hawaii was under his command. Ledgett fl

n camera in his Hong Kong interview in June 2013 that NSA investi- gators would have “a heart attack” when they discovered the extent of the breach. Ledgett, the NSA official who had conducted the damage assess- ment, while not having a heart attack, confirmed that Snowden had taken a massive number of do

to the crime scene: the NSA’s base in Hawaii. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 133 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019621 CHAPTER 14 The Crime Scene Investigation Any private contractor, not even an employee of the government, could walk into the NSA building, take whatever they wanted, and walk out with it an

es to Russia.” 41 Physical Phatness: Lindsay Mills’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com /lindsay.mills.90/about. 42. the first known document: Ledgett revealed this in an interview with Vanity Fair. Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 42 “He stole the [NSA] test”: Snowden’s obtaining th

“I, Spy.” “was moving copies of that data”: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 45 he later pointed out: Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” 45 Ledgett subsequently reported: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 45 This theft was made: Michael Hayden, interview with author. 46 “Icrossed

3, 2013. 131 “had an enormous interest”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 284. 131 the Enigma machines: Sebag-Montefiore, Enigma, 286-94. CHAPTER 14 The Crime Scene Investigation 133 “Any private contractor”: Snowden, interview with Williams. 133 Fifteen miles northwest: U.S. Navy Information Operations Command, “History @ of

ell was transferring files held at Fort Meade to backup computers in Hawaii. He “was moving copies of that data there for them,” said Deputy Director Ledgett, “which was perfect cover for stealing the [NSA] data” through the fall and winter of 2012. The security mea- sures at the Hawaii base presented no o

histle-blower 88 CHAPTER 11 Enter Assange 98 CHAPTER 12 Fugitive 104 part two THE INTELLIGENCE CRISIS CHAPTER 13 The Great Divide 113 cuapter 14 The Crime Scene Investigation 133 | | Epst_9780451494566_2p all_r1.z.indd 9 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019487 9/29/16 5:51PM | | x | Contents CHAPTER 15 Did Snowden Act Alone? 146 cart

ld walk out the door,” Snowden interview, German NDR TV, January 26, 2014. http://www.tagesschau.de/snowden-interview- englisch100.pdf “According to Ledgett, the perpetrator...” Tabassum Zakaria and Warren Strobel, “After 'cataclysmic' Snowden affair, NSA faces winds of change,” Reuters December 13, 2013

—Hugh Sebag-Montefoire, Enigma: the Battle for the Code (John Wiley and Sons, New York), 2001, pp 286-294 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020383 BA 8: CHAPTER TWO The Crime Scene Investigation 10. 11. 12. 13 14 1S. . “Something is not right,” Alexander... “Any private contractor. ..”—Snowden Interviewed by Brian Williams, NBC, May 2