Epstein Secrets

ice Chief. Columbia (SC) State <https://www.thestate.com/newillocal/crime/article245919915.html> (9/22, 390K) reports that the sentencing of former Manning police chief Gary Shaffer, who was convicted over "stealing $80,000 in seized drug money and then lying to the FBI about the theft," has been postpo

ations Secretary-General's Special Representative / former World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte; former National Security Council Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change John Morton; SAIS Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment Dr Jonas Nahm; and America

cret NSA documents was the brutal treatment of Bradley Manning after he was arrested in 2010 by the U.S. government. “Snowden told me they had abused Manning in a way that contributed to his decision to become a whistle-blower,” Assange said in an interview in 2015. If Manning’s mistreatment was Snowden’s

is not known to take no for an answer in issues involving espionage. Even if Snowden refused to furnish his key encryption, accord- ing to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time, and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely it would have had to go

Assange: Assange interview, in Giles Whittell, “Julian Assange Unmasked,” Sunday Times (London), Aug. 29, 2015. 99 “Snowden told me they had abused Manning”: Michael Sontheimer, “Spiegel Interview with Julian Assange,” Spiegel Online International, July 19, 2015. 100 Assange called Harrison: Corbett, “H

ties”: Chris Strohm and Gopal Ratnam, “NSA Leader Seeks Openness on Secret Surveillance Orders,” Bloomberg News, June 13, 2013. Also, staff member of National Security Council who requested anonymity, interview with author. CHAPTER 18 The Unheeded Warning 185 “The NSA—the world’s”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 287. 185

secret NSA documents was the brutal treatment of Bradley Manning after he was arrested in 2010 by the US government. “Snowden told me they had abused Manning in a way that contributed to his decision to become a whistleblower,” Assange said in an interview in 2015. If Manning’s mistreatment was Snowden’s m

arrier for the FSB. Snowden may have had confidence in the power of his encryption protocols but, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020290 139 according to a former National Security Council staffer, the Russian cyber service in 2013 had the means, the time and the incentive to break the encryption. It is unlikely they would have gone to