Epstein Secrets

@ 5 Ihad written several books: My book Inquest examined the failure of the FBI, @ the Secret Service, and the CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy assassination. This interest continued in other books of mine, including Decep- tion, in which I investigated the vulnerability of intelligence servi

d the CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy assassination. This interest continued in other b

cknowledges: Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” 154 “absence of evidence”: Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York: Random House, 1980), 49. 154 “The greatest trick”: Cherkashin, interview with author. The quotation from The Usual Suspects was adopted by the movie from Charles Baudelaire’s observation “La plus belle des rus

th author. Cuarter 25 Through the Looking Glass 254 “There's definitely a deep state”: Vanden Heuvel and Cohen, “Snowden Speaks.” 255 according to Cherkashin: Cherkashin, interview with author. 258 Pelton had left the NSA: George E. Curry, “Ex-intelligence Expert Guilty of Espionage,” Chicago Tribune, Jun

t Service and CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy Assassination. This interest continued on other o

e and CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy Assassination. This interest continued on other o

201 “Tt was the information in his head that we wanted.” Cherkashin said that as KGB rarely got access to any NSA officer, it was worth the risk. So he was given $5,000 in cash and a plane ticket to Vienna, where he w

the NSA would have received its full attention after he contacted Russian officials in Hong Kong. While the tactics of the SVR may have changed since Cherkashin retired, its objectives remained the same. And the NSA remained its principal target. Nor is there any reason to doubt that it still measures success

shot three people, including Presi- dent John F. Kennedy, less than an hour before making his statement. Y

the Warren Commission presented evidence, including ballistic tests, that it claimed showed that Oswald had shot three people, including Presi- dent John F. Kennedy, less than an hour before making his statement. Yet many of those who believed Oswald’s public proclamation of his innocence chose to believe that th

then cited the signature line from the movie The Usual Suspects, “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist,” Cherkashin thinly smiled and said, “CIA denial [of moles] certainly helped.” In view of such past successes of the Russian intelligence services, it cannot be

rk on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, a film in which I had a cameo role. I had also debated Stone about the his- torical accuracy of his 1991 movie JFK at Town Hall in New York. When we dined, he had just written, produced, and directed Snowden, an independently financed film depicting Snowden, as S

intelligence coups through the eyes, and mind-set, of their KGB handler might provide some historical context for the Snowden defection. So I invited Cherkashin to lunch at Gusto, a quiet Italian restaurant, located near the Chekhov Theater in Moscow. Cherkashin, a tall thin man with silver hair, showed up p

ontext for the Snowden defection. So I invited Cherkashin to lunch at Gusto, a quiet Italian restaurant, located near the Chekhov Theater in Moscow. Cherkashin, a tall thin man with silver hair, showed up promptly at 1:00 p.m., wearing an elegant gray suit and dark tie. He walked with a spry step. Because he

ork in Wall Street IT: Money Never Sleeps, a film in which I had a cameo role. I also had debated Stone about the historic accuracy of his 1990 movie JFK at Town Hall in New York. When we dined, he had just written, produced, written and directed “Snowden,” an independently-financed film depicting Sno

then cited the signature line from the movie Zhe Usual Suspects “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.” Cherkashin thinly smiled and said “CIA denial [of moles] certainly helped.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020275 124 In view of such past successes of the Russian intellig

mous spy delivered 27 computer discs containing hundreds of secret documents revealing the sources and methods of American intelligence. According to Cherkashin, it was the largest haul of top secrets documents ever obtained by the KGB (although it was only a small fraction of the number of top secret NSA, De