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tras’s film was called Stellarwind. It involved data mining domestic communications and financial transactions that had been authorized by President George W. Bush in 2001 after 9/11 as commander-in- chief under the war powers given to him following the attacks. It indeed led to a major exposé on domestic spying
tates.” In fact, as Snowden knew from the Inspector General report he had read, the NSA had terminated Stellarwind almost a decade earlier. President Bush ended it after top officials of the Justice @ Department insisted that he did not have the legal authority for the @ domestic part of Stellarwind. In
d terminated Stellarwind almost a decade earlier. President Bush ended it after top officials of the Justice @ Dep
ions that had been authorized by President George W. Bush in 2001 after 9/11 as commander-in- chief un
d other intelligence services. As a leading specialist in the field of corporate cyber security, Dell had no problem obtaining sizable contracts from the NSA’s Technology Directorate. In 2008, the NSA had in effect outsourced to Dell the task of reorganizing the backup systems at its regional bases. Dell had
t networks. @ Following the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the surveillance of the Internet became an integral part of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism. In October 2001, Con- gress expanded the NSA’s mandate by passing the USA Patriot Act. As I described earlier, Sec
hat had been provided to Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Even more shocking, in tr
inside intruder. In 2009, Snowden, as we know, found his way into the NSA through a temporary job with an outside contractor that was work- ing for the NSA’s Technology Directorate to repair and update its backup system. Four years later, by maneuvering to get hired by another outside contractor with acces
hree American Presidents, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Even more shocking, in tra
ernment networks. Following the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, the surveillance of the Internet also became an integral part of Bush’ administration’s war on terrorism. In October 2001, Congress expanded the NSA’s mandate by passing the USA Patriot Act. Section 215 of the act direc
bearing directly on the ongoing intelligence war. Snowden also copied from these compartments in a matter of weeks, as has been previously mentioned, the NSA’s Level 3 sources and methods used against Russia, Iran and China. The Snowden breach demonstrated that the NSA’s envelope of secrecy was at best illus
Entities connected to both George W. Bush and the NSA’s

Jeffrey Epstein
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Honolulu
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United States
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John F. Kennedy
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Hawaii
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Bradley Edwards
PERSONLeon Black
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Alan Dershowitz
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Marc Rich
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Bill Clinton
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Julie K. Brown
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Department of Justice
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Barack Obama
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Virginia Giuffre
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Wilbur Ross
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Woody Allen
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George Mitchell
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Oliver Stone
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Aeroflot
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Vladimir Putin
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