Epstein Secrets

den indeed had copied an NSA list of the cell phone numbers of foreign leaders, including the number of Merkel. This list became the basis of the Der Spiegel story. It was also clear that Snowden gave credence to the release in Mos- cow. He made a major point about the hacking of Merkel’s phone in an inte

cy, there were six government employees who, as a matter of personal conscience, shared classified informa- tion they obtained from the FBI, the CIA, the State Department, and the U.S. Army with journalists. They were all convicted: Sha- mai Leibowitz in 2010, Chelsea Manning in 2013, John Kiriakou in 2013, Donald Sach

the service providers. It also required a written directive from both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence and a review by the Department of Justice every three months for each and every case. After obtain- ing this data, the NSA ran programs, as required by law, to filter out all domestic Interne

filtrates the Turkish-Saudi-Iranian Trio? George Semaan Article 3. The New Yorker Two Presidents find a mutual advantage Ryan Lizza Article 4. Spiegel Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned? Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr Article 5. Foreign Policy The 50 most powerful Democrats on foreign p

orted, "I outrank General Jones." 6. John Kerry might have lost his bid for the presidency in 2004 and been passed over in 2008 for the top job at the State Department, but he is a powerful force shaping U.S. foreign policy. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was responsible for shepherding

ticle 5. NYT In a World of Complications, Obama Faces a Re-election Test Peter Baker Article 6. The Economist Russia and the West Article 7. Spiegel Wins Greek Election: Pro-Bailout Government in Sight Arlicic I. The Financial Times Egypt's soft pi f s, 1011vo ring my dispiriting script Ezz

issolution of parliament also prompted Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the appropriations subcommittee in charge of foreign aid, to warn the State Department against disbursing any of this year's $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt. Brotherhood decries order The Egyptian military's declaration was iss

nterest The Turkish-Israeli Cold War Henri J. Barkey Article. | os Angeles Times Saeb Erekat on statehood moves at U.N. Edmund Sanders Article 4. Spiegel ‘What's Wrong with the Palestinians Appealing to the UN?' An interview with Arab League Head Nabil Elaraby Ancle 5. | Wall Street Journal From 9/1

r much of the past decade. Shortly after 9/11, in an effort to win Arab “hearts and minds” in the mold of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the State Department poured hundreds of millions into a new public- diplomacy initiative, overseen by former ad executive Charlotte Beers and then Bush communications cza