Epstein Secrets

illance state Snowden described closely dovetailed with the sur- veillance state that Greenwald had described himself in his speech at the Council on American-Islamic Relations dinner in 2012. Of | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 71 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019559 72 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS cour

on authorized Greenwald’s trip to Hong Kong on the con- dition that he take with him a Guardian staffer in whom she had confidence, the Scottish-born Ewen MacAskill, a sixty-one-year-old veteran journalist who had been the Washington bureau chief for The Guardian. His assignment was to evaluate the bona fides of

states-of-secrets/the-frontline-interview-barton-gellman/. 69 Poitras had requested help: Karen Greenberg, interview with the author. 7o Council on American-Islamic Relations: CAIR-NY Blog, “Glenn Greenwald Speaks at CAIR-NY Annual Banquet,” May 16, 2013. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 312 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOU

inor subterfuge: Hosenball, “NSA Contractor Hired Snowden Despite Concerns About Resume Discrepancies.” 76 “playing with fire”: Spencer Ackerman and Ewen MacAskill, “Snowden Calls @ for Whistleblower After Claims by New Pentagon Source,” Guardian, May 22, @ 2016. 76 establish a paper trail: Director of Nationa

opportunity arose in mid-April 2013. Greenwald had flown to New York to give the lead speech at an event in Yonkers, N.Y. sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, a pro-Moslem civil rights and anti-Zionist organization. He had delivered the keynote speech at its previous meeting in San Jose, Californi

e authorized Greenwald’s trip to Hong Kong on the condition that he take with him a Guardian staffer in whom she had confidence. He was Scottish-born Ewen MacAskill, a 61-year old veteran journalist who had been the Washington bureau chief for the Guardian. His assignment was to evaluate the mystery source in Hon