Epstein Secrets

on [23] with a more aggressive foreign partner like BP or ExxonMobil. * Argentina re-ignites the Falklands crisis: At an April 15-16 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia—the one at which US Secret Service agents were caught fraternizing with prostitutes—Argentina sought fresh hemispheric conde

e Iranians, this means blocking [34] the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel through which one-third of the world's tradable oil passes every day. The United States, for its part, has insisted that it will keep the Strait open and, if necessary, eliminate Iranian nuclear capabilities. Whether to intimidate Iran

es. China's determination to control its offshore hydrocarbon reserves has pushed it into conflict with other countries with offshore claims in the South China Sea and into a similar dispute with Japan in the East China Sea. Energy- related disputes of this sort can also be found in the Caspian Sea and in

ly that any communication or movement, Snowden made during his next 18 days in Hong Kong would escape its scrutiny. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020338 187 The U.Ss also had the ability to track Snowden’s movements via the cell phones of his lawyers and other confederates after he surfaced. This tracking could al

wald, Poitras and MacAskill did not concern themselves with the issue of the mechanics of the largest theft of top secret documents in the history of the United States. In entire filmed interview at the Mira Hotel, they did not ask their source how he managed to get access to the documents. Unlike those interviews,

g Kong. It was scheduled for June 12th. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020254 103 The journalist chosen was Lana Lam, a young Australian reporter working for the South China Morning Post. Tibbo had suggested Lam to Snowden. She had served as Tibbo’s outlet on previous news stories, and, as he told me, he found her to be a

disease and boost the nation's supply." Blood plasma from people "who have successfully recovered from coronavirus infection has been widely used in the United States, even though researchers are still gathering evidence to definitively show it works." About 50,000 people "have been transfused with the treatment,

b than when you came into office.'" Menendez also "said that for all of Pompeo's `bluster against China,' it has not stopped Beijing's `march in the South China Sea' or its `suppressing and oppressing its own people' in Hong Kong." Politico (7/30, Toosi, 4.29M) reports that in his Senate testimony, Pompeo "

e company." US officials also pressed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro "on his efforts to call Brazilian election integrity into question and said the United States had confidence in Brazil's ability to carry out free elections, the National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere, Juan Gon

gua." Blinken Criticizes China's Behavior In South China Sea. Reuters (8/9, Nichols) reports Secretary of State Blinken "called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict `would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce,' sparking

13, Bekiempis, 4.19M) reports, "Maxwell is a citizen of France, prosecutors pointed out, saying that the country 'does not extradite its citizens to the United States pursuant to French law'. Maxwell also has US and UK passports. The filing added that 'the defendant has not only the motive to flee, but the means t

arely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea." Secretary of State Pompeo said in a statement, "The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire. ... Ame

cceeds in short-term air strikes, Iran is willing and able to cause and promote instability in the region. This is in direct contradiction with the United States' broad interest in the Middle East, which is stability. - Iran may not be able to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed indefinitely, but even threats an

S. government. Artick 6. The Diplomat Beijing's South China Sea Gamble Will Rogers February 4, 2012 -- Beijing seems to be doubling down in the South China Sea. Why? In large part it's to secure access to potential deep sea hydrocarbons like oil and natural gas — many describe the South China Sea as t

disease and boost the nation's supply." Blood plasma from people "who have successfully recovered from coronavirus infection has been widely used in the United States, even though researchers are still gathering evidence to definitively show it works." About 50,000 people "have been transfused with the treatment,

mb than when you came into office.' Menendez also "said that for all of Pompeo's `bluster against China,' it has not stopped Beijing's `march in the South China Sea' or its `suppressing and oppressing its own people' in Hong Kong." Politico (7/30, Toosi, 4.29M) reports that in his Senate testimony, Pompeo "