Epstein Secrets

inks in their countries. These long-term allies greatly strengthened the NSA’s hand in other ways in the intelligence war. For example, the so-called James Bond @ provision of the British Intelligence Services Act of 1994 allowed @ officers of the GCHQ to commit illegal acts outside Britain, includ- ing plan

tch jobs did not come out of the blue. It was not based on serendipitously discovering the documents after he began working at Booz Allen. As he told Lana Lam, he knew in advance that by switching to the job at Booz Allen, he would gain the oppor- tunity to take the lists of NSA sources. He knew that the NS

illed Surveillance,” Wall Street Journal, Nov. 30, 2015. “We are approaching”: Turner, Secrecy and Democracy, 92. “vastness”: Woodward, Veil, 202. James Bond provision: lan Cobain, “How Secret Renditions Shed Light on MI6’s Licence to Kill and Torture,” Guardian, Feb. 13, 2012. The NSA had assiduously: Ke

interview with author. 5 “Snowden was an IT guy”: John R. Schindler, “Snowden Is a Fraud,” XX Com- mittee, June 12, 2015. 75 “get access to lists”: Lana Lam, “Post Reporter Lana Lam Tells of Her Journey into the Secret World of Edward Snowden,” South China Morning Post, June 23, 2013. 75 “He targeted my

nks in their countries. These long-term allies greatly strengthened the NSA’s hand in other ways in the intelligence war. For example, the so called “James Bond” provision of the British Intelligence Services Act 1994 allowed officers of the GCHQ to commit illegal acts outside of Brittan including planting de

set up what was to be Snowden’s final interview in Hong 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 previo

nsfield Turner, Secrecy and Democracy: The CIA in Transition (Houghton Mifflin, New York) 1985, p.92 “Vastness of the...” —Woodward. op.cit. p.202 “James Bond” provision of the. ..”--Ian Cobain, “How secret renditions shed light on MI6's license to kill and torture,” Guardian, February 13, 2012 “The NSA ha

ance. He made no secret of this part of his motive after he got safely to Hong Kong. As will be recalled in answer to a question from the journalist Lana Lam about his motive for changing jobs, he answered that he took the Booz Allen job to get access to secret lists that were not available to him by worki