Epstein Secrets

o Israel and its supporters began." Judis' narrative of this last period follows the same trajectory as my wife's and my recent book A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel, which he credits with being "the latest and most complete blow-by- blow account of what happened" at that time. Yet . a

kraine from turning towards the West. EFTA00684328 For those in doubt, suffice to recall President Putin's statement in 2006 that the collapse of the Soviet Union was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the twentieth century. Ukraine firmly anchored in the Western system, on its way towards membership

ost closely guarded secrets, was trans- @ ferred to the Army Security Agency based at Fort Meade, Mary- @ land. Then, on October 24, 1952, President Harry S. Truman greatly expanded its purview and changed its name to the National Security Agency. The NSA was given two missions. The first one was protecting the

198 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS of the communications of its adversaries. Even though the Cold War had been declared over after the collapse of the Soviet Union a quar- ter of a century earlier, the age-old enterprise of espionage did not end with it. Russia and China still sought to blunt the edge that the N

erica’s most closely guarded secrets, was transferred to the Army Security Agency based at Fort Meade, Maryland. Then, on October 24, 1952, President Harry S. Truman, greatly expanded its purview and changed its name to the National Security Agency. The NSA was given two missions. The first one was protecting the

re he leaked information that exposed CIA operations. Although Agee insisted he was a whistle-blower, and he adamantly denied offering any secrets to the Soviet Union, the KGB viewed him as a conventional spy. According to Oleg Kalugin, the top Soviet counterintelligence officer in the KGB in Moscow, who defected t