Epstein Secrets

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

e was | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 187 @ HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019675 9/29/16 5:51PM | | 188 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS the CIA officer Harold Nicholson, in 1996. Before it could expand its espionage capabilities, it needed to build a network of Russian agents in the United States. For this network, i

@ 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

nd in Russian Prison,” New York Times, June 4, 1992. 220 He was found dead: Edward Jay Epstein, “The Spy Wars,” New York Times, Sept. 28, 1980. 222 Harold Nicholson: Elizabeth Farnsworth, “Update on the Case of CIA Agent Harold Nicholson,” PBS (transcript), Nov. 19, 1996. See also “Affidavit in Sup- port of Compl

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

s, and cultural exchanges. They therefore tended to recruit their coun- terparts in adversary services. In this regard, the successful entrapment of Harold Nicholson in the 1990s is highly instructive. From his impressive record, he seemed an unlikely candidate for recruitment. He had been a super- patriotic Ameri

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

tablishing spies in CIA, FBI, NSA and other American intelligence agencies. The SVR’s last known (or caught) mole in US Intelligence was CIA officer Harold Nicholson in 1996. Before it could now expand its espionage capabilities. It needed to build a network of Russian sleeper agents in the United States. For this