Epstein Secrets

he expansion of Chinese state-owned English-language media in the United States and Beijing’s increasing control of Chinese-language media outlets in the United States are very problematic for an open dialogue. For one, these media are under the Section 6 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020554 96 control of a foreign government

day life or teach American-style English to Chinese listeners. An example would be a program called Cultural Odyssey, a VOA TV series that focused on Americana, such as fried chicken, doughnuts, and national parks. For years, Cultural Odyssey ate up one-third of the Mandarin service’s travel budget. Another

tion inherently creates the potential for exploitation, particularly given the intrinsic difficulties of monitoring and enforcement. For example, the Intercept has reported that American Pacific International Capital (APIC), an American subsidiary of a corporation owned by a Chinese citizen, contributed $1.3

S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced the charges. Rochester Drug Co-Operative is one of the 10 largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States. Charges were also filed against Laurence F. Doud III, the company's former chief executive officer; and William Pietruszewski, the company's former

authorities would later walk back. At the time he met Khan in August 2002, Hayat lived in his parents' garage and didn't have many friends, as the Intercept recounted in a 2016 investigation. Posing as a radical Islamist, Khan nudged Hayat into conversations that were anti-American and supportive of Isla

ment jails. ... Immigrants apprehended in Iowa, Nebraska or other inland states would have to prove to immigration officials that they have been in the United States continuously for the past two years, or they could end up in an immigration jail facing quick deportation. And it could be relatively low- level imm

more children have died in custody since then: Rep. Devin Nunes accused this man of stalking him without pointing out that he is a reporter for The Intercept who asked him about his calls to Giuliani associate Lev Parnas: Page 17777 EFTA00047288 A Vanity Fair reporter weighed in on the powerful nativi

y in Copenhagen had vetoed his participation because of his previous criticisms of [Trump], Mr. Sloan said on Facebook on Saturday. Carla Sands, the United States ambassador to Denmark, did not want Mr. Sloan to participate, and the Danish Atlantic Council 'had no other option' than to revoke his invitation to

ore children have died in custody since then: Rep. Devin Nunes accused this man of stalking him without pointing out that he is a reporter for The Intercept who asked him about his calls to Giuliani associate Lev Parnas: A Vanity Fair reporter weighed in on the powerful nativity scene outside a Californ

le awaiting his trial and was facing a long prison sentence. There was no reason for Snowden to expect a better outcome for himself if he returned to the United States or was arrested anywhere else that had an extradition treaty with the United States. As the Russian officials in Hong Kong would have informed him, R

loit selected fruits of its espionage activities Greenwald and Poitras also released belated documents. On July 15, 2015, their web publication, The Intercept, released a Snowden document that cited an NSA intercept of an Israeli mili- tary communication concerning an Israeli raid in Syria on August 1, | |

his anonymous data was archived into a huge database. The idea was that when any foreigner on the FBI’s watch list of terrorists called any number in the United States, the FBI could trace that person’s entire chain of telephone contacts to try to determine if he or she was connected to a known terrorist cell. There

yrian Gen- eral at Dinner Party,” Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015. 182 Specifically, it disclosed: Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, “Spies in the Sky,” Intercept, Jan. 28, 2016. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 321 @ 9/30/16 11:09 AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019809 322 | Notes to pages 185-199 182 Putin

whistle-blowing concept to adversaries was echoed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He complimented Snowden for having “uncovered illegal acts by the United States around the globe,” Putin’s view implies a convenient global concept of whistle-blowing that justified breaking US laws. Even so, this whistle-blower

FISA court by passing the USA Patriot Act (an acronym which stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”). Part of the Act, Section 215, euphemistically referred to as the "library records" provision, permitted the FISA court to i