Epstein Secrets

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,

Pierre Wack, Harvard Business Review, 1985 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020267 116 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020268 0 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020269 118 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Did Snowden Act Alone? “When you look at the totality of Snowden's actions certainly one hypothesis that jumps out at you, that seems to explain his ability to do a

ew, amass even greater power. Whatever his actual agenda in 2012, we know that he tested pos- sible reactions to a leak exposing NSA surveillance in the United States. He asked fellow workers at the NSA base in 2012, according to his own account, “What do you think the public would do if this [secret data] was on t

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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

ounted to a bril- liant intelligence coup. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 146 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019634 CHAPTER 15 Did Snowden Act Alone? When you look at the totality of Snowden’s actions certainly one hypothesis that jamps out at you, that seems to explain his abil- ity to do

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

43. 143 “Vladimir Putin had personally approved”: Jennifer Martinez, “Report: Snow- den’s US Passport Revoked,” Hill, June 23, 2013. CHAPTER 15 Did Snowden Act Alone? 146 “When you look at the totality”: Hayden, interview with author. Also, “Hayden Interview,” Meet the Press, NBC-TV, Dec. 15, 2013. 146 wh

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

ter Twelve Whistle Blower Chapter Thirteen Enter Assange Chapter Fourteen Fugitive PART THREE The Counterintelligence Conundrum Chapter Fifteen Did Snowden Act Alone Chapter Sixteen The Question of When Chapter Seventeen The Keys to the Kingdom Are Missing Chapter Eighteen The Unheeded Warning PART FOUR T