Epstein Secrets

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

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

US regulations, per- sons with felony arrest warrants are subject to having their passport revoked.” That arrest warrant was issued on June 14, 2013. The State Department Opera- tions Center alert said “Snowden’s U.S. passport was revoked on June 22, 2013,” after the Justice Department unsealed the charges that had bee

l, “The Private Equity Firm That Grew Too Fast,” New York Times, April 24, 2015. 214 USIS had prematurely closed: Tom Hamburger and Debbi Wilgoren, “Justice Department Says USIS Submitted 665,000 Incomplete Background Checks,” Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2014. 214 USIS was also open to: Ellen Nakashima, “DHS Contrac

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

e Department revoked...”- Author’s interview with a former member of the National Security staff who cited State Department records. Also, Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, told AP "As is routine and consistent with US regulations, persons with felony arrest warrants are subject to having their passport revo

l, “The Private Equity Firm That Grew Too Fast,” New York Times, April 24, 2015 “USIS had prematurely closed...”-- Tom Hamburger and Debbi Wilgoren, “Justice Department says USIS submitted 665,000 incomplete background checks,” Washington Post, January 23, 2014 “USIS was also opened to...”-- Ellen Nakashima, “DHS co

—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

true name on the roster of the U.S. mission to the UN. By consulting personnel records, one would further discover that he did not actually work for the State Department. Because it was no secret that the U.S. mission in Geneva housed the CIA station for all of Switzerland, any out- sider would think it probable that

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