Epstein Secrets

posting on Ars Technica on January 10, 2009, “Obama just appointed a fucking POLITICIAN to run the CIA!” (He was referring to Leon Panetta, President Clinton’s former chief of staff.) Snowden attributed the origins of his antipathy to US. intelligence to his 2007-9 experiences in the CIA. He later told @

run the CIA!” (He was referring to Leon Panetta, President Clinton’s former chief of staff.) Snowden attributed the

Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden’s arrival there. He proposed we meet at the Foreign Cor- @ respondents’ Club. @ Bradsher told me that he had known Albert Ho, who had been retained as Snowden’s lawyer, for more than a decade. He had inter- viewed him many times, because

h Snowden’s whereabouts during these “miss- ing” eleven days, which, among other things, could shed light on why he first came to Hong Kong, I called Keith Bradsher, a prizewin- ning journalist who had been the New York Times bureau chief in Hong Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden

e he, like any other person accused of a felony, would face the charges against him. Nor was it plausible that President Obama and Secretary Of State Clinton would conspire to trap a perpetrator carrying incredibly valuable national security secrets in Russia. The counterintelligence investigation had lit

run the CIA!” (He was referring to Leon Panetta, President Clinton’s former chief of staff.) Snowden attributed the

y his whereabouts during these missing 11 days was a gap that needed to be filled in. It could shed light on why he came to Hong Kong. I next called Keith Bradsher, a prize-winning journalist who had been the New York Times bureau chief in Hong Kong in 2013, who had written a well-researched report about Snowden

g, a venue, I recalled, reminiscent of where John LeCarre had set the opening chapter of his spy novel The Honourable Schoolboy. When we spoke later, Bradsher told me that he knew Albert Ho, who had been retained as Snowden’s lawyer, for more than a decade, and interviewed him many times as he was a leader

rich and famous, including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton," has "denied accusations made in multiple lawsu

n NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/2, story 3, 2:30, Holt, 6.2M) that Maxwell, "a socialite who hobnobbed with the rich and famous, including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton," has "denied accusations made in multiple lawsuits that she helped orchestrate a sex ring of underage girls for Epstein and his friends." Reuters

cester, forced a localized lock down there." China Poised To Dominate Global Medical Supply Production Following Pandemic. The New York Times (7/5, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports that "countries around the world have set up their own factories to cope with this pandemic and outbreaks of the future" amid conce

. The Washington Times (7/13, Boyer, 492K) reports that the White House on Monday defended Trump's commutation for Stone and "said former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama indulged in politically connected pardons and wholesale clemency." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Stone's cleme

d commutations in nearly four years, while Mr. Obama issued 1,927 in eight years." McEnany "also contrasted the clemency for Stone with some of Mr. Clinton's infamous 11th-hour pardons." Trump Does Not Rule Out Pardoning Flynn. CNBC (7/13, Breuninger, Mangan, 3.62M) reports on its website that in comme

tep, and lauds the Administration for taking it. Brownback, Cruz, And Rubio Sanctioned By China For Championing Uighurs. The New York Times (7/13, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports that on Monday, China "announced...that it would impose sanctions on three American lawmakers and a diplomat in retaliation for sim

d Connecticut state police, Easton, Massachusetts, and the Hampstead, New Hampshire, police departments." The Attleboro (MA) Sun Chronicle (11/23, Linton, 15K) reports, "The defendants allegedly worked at the direction of or with Jose A. Montes, also known as Jose Rivera and ITuto,' 36, of Cranston,

-based firms." Chinese Government Promotes Country's Openness But Adopts Aggressive Policies Dictating Terms. The New York Times (11/23, Al, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping "is pursuing a strategy to make the country's economy more self-sufficient, while making other places

— a startling echo of Russia's actions in 2016 to hack and disseminate the private emails of John Podesta, at the time a senior campaign advisor to Clinton." NBC News <https://www.nbcnews.corn/politics/national-security/democrats-says-trump-election-czar-isn-t- telling-whole-story-n1234832> (7/24, Dilan

indication of what prompted the warning." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/world/asia/china-us-consulate-chengdu.html> (7/24, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) reports that the Communist Party's "propaganda outlets struck a nationalistic note on Friday, vowing that Beijing would hold firm in

/nine-charged-in- scheme-to-steal-sell-heavy-equipment-rec-vehicles-in-rehoboth-elsewhere/article_901ecbc1-1641-5ddb-95d5- 9eb730bc101b.html> (11/23, Linton, 15K) reports, "The defendants allegedly worked at the direction of or with Jose A. Montes, also known as Jose Rivera and 'Two,' 36, of Cranston, in

olicies Dictating Terms. The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.corn/2020/11/23/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-globalization.html> (11/23, Al, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61 M) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping "is pursuing a strategy to make the country's economy more self-sufficient, while making other places

- a startling echo of Russia's actions in 2016 to hack and disseminate the private emails of John Podesta, at the time a senior campaign advisor to Clinton." NBC News (7/24, Dilanian, 6.14M) reports that Evanina "made no mention of what American intelligence analysts have concluded about whether Russia

' of the Chinese government, it said." According to the AP, "The notice gave no indication of what prompted the warning." The New York Times (7/24, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) reports that the Communist Party's "propaganda outlets struck a nationalistic note on Friday, vowing that Beijing would hold firm in

- a startling echo of Russia's actions in 2016 to hack and disseminate the private emails of John Podesta, at the time a senior campaign advisor to Clinton." NBC News (7/24, Dilanian, 6.14M) reports that Evanina "made no mention of what American intelligence analysts have concluded about whether Russia

' of the Chinese government, it said." According to the AP, "The notice gave no indication of what prompted the warning." The New York Times (7/24, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) reports that the Communist Party's "propaganda outlets struck a nationalistic note on Friday, vowing that Beijing would hold firm in

s. 34 Vozella, Laura and Simon Denyer. “Donor to Clinton Foundation, McAuliffe Caught Up in Chinese Cash-

7. https://rhg.com/research/new-neighbors-2017 -update-chinese-fdi-in-the-united-states-by-congressional-district. 14 Ibid. 15 Schmidt, Michael S., Keith Bradsher, and Christine Hauser. “US Panel Calls Huawei and ZTE ‘National Security Threat’.” New York Times, October 8, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09