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hour-long NBC television interview with Snowden in 2014 by saying, “It seems to me spies probably look a lot more like Ed Snowden and a lot less like James Bond these days," Snowden approvingly smiled and told him, “I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word.” Snowden further confirme

[DECEMBER DRAFT--- 287 pages] THE SNOWDEN AFFAIR A Spy Story in Six Parts By Edward Jay Epstein HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020153 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Ch

[TK] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020156 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020157 Chronology 1: Snowden Thriller: From Honolulu to Moscow in 82 Days. April 8, 2013, Honolulu. Edward Snowden begins working as an infrastructure-analyst in training at the National Threat Operations Center for outside contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. June 5,

secution. To be sure, the view of those on the Snowden side of the divide is not grounded in legal definitions, but in a broader notion of morality. Snowden‘s supporters do not accept that the law should be applied in this fashion to Snowden. They argue that Snowden had a moral imperative to act, even if it

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

insights. Through the eyes of the KGB, a penetration of American intelligence was clearly opportunistic. If these practices continued, they put the Snowden case in a new light for me. If Russian intelligence considered it worthwhile to send an ex-civilian worker at the NSA, such as Ronald Pelton, from Wa

ebruary 19, 2015 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020402 21 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Enter Assange 1. “Thanks to Russia ...”--Julian Assange, “How 'The Guardian' Milked Edward Snowden's Story,” Newsweek, April 20, 2015 “Julian Assange had made...”-- David Leigh and Luke Harding, “Julian Assange: the teen hacker who became insurgent

hor’s Interview with former CIA officer who requested anonymity (Hereinafter Source E.) 3. “The only person there to...”—Mavanee Anderson interview, “Edward Snowden's Friend Mavanee Anderson Exclusive Interview,” MSNBC,’Last Word,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=beQUMdolBWE 4. “He received an unfavorable evaluation,,,”—Er

s regarding a British diplomat who was officially an embassy secretary, but was found sneaking around military bases in Warsaw. The diplomat, named James Bond, has now become at topic for debate by Polish historians. Some believe he was simply a secretary, while others find it unlikely he was not a spy. C

. • India, US To Negotiate Deal For Access To Satellite Data During Pompeo Visit. • Filing: Garrison Courtney Almost Won Legal Immunity. • Lawyer: Snowden Has Won Permanent Residency In Russia. • Treasury Department Sanctioning Iran's Ambassador To Iraq Over Qods Force Agenda. • Bosnian Prosecutors Ch

al career, pleaded guilty this summer to one count of wire fraud." Lawyer: Snowden Has Won Permanent Residency In Russia. The AP (10/22) reports, "Edward Snowden has been granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer said Thursday." The former NSA contractor "has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape

es regarding a British diplomat who was officially an embassy secretary, but was found sneaking around military bases in Warsaw. The diplomat, named James Bond, has now become at topic for debate by Polish historians. Some believe he was simply a secretary, while others find it unlikely he was not a spy.

. • India, US To Negotiate Deal For Access To Satellite Data During Pompeo Visit. • Filing: Garrison Courtney Almost Won Legal Immunity. • Lawyer: Snowden Has Won Permanent Residency In Russia. • Treasury Department Sanctioning Iran's Ambassador To Iraq Over Qods Force Agenda. EFTA00136939 • Bosnian

/article/international-news-government-surveillance-immigration-edward-snowden- national-security-Ilat9f75debbe9196345ae2d6395356e> (10/22) reports, "Edward Snowden has been granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer said Thursday." The former NSA contractor "has been living in Russia since 2013 to escap

s regarding a British diplomat who was officially an embassy secretary, but was found sneaking around military bases in Warsaw. The diplomat, named James Bond, has now become at topic for debate by Polish historians. Some believe he was simply a secretary, while others find it unlikely he was not a spy. C

. • India, US To Negotiate Deal For Access To Satellite Data During Pompeo Visit. • Filing: Garrison Courtney Almost Won Legal Immunity. • Lawyer: Snowden Has Won Permanent Residency In Russia. • Treasury Department Sanctioning Iran's Ambassador To Iraq Over Qods Force Agenda. • Bosnian Prosecutors Ch

al career, pleaded guilty this summer to one count of wire fraud." Lawyer: Snowden Has Won Permanent Residency In Russia. The AP (10/22) reports, "Edward Snowden has been granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer said Thursday." The former NSA contractor "has been living in Russia since 2013 to escap

an hour-long television interview with Snowden in 2014 by saying, “It seems to me spies probably look a lot more like Ed Snowden and a lot less like James Bond these days,” Snowden approvingly smiled and told him, “I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word.” Snowden further con- fir

1 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019479 | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_rt.zindd 2 @ 929N6 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019480 HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft Edward Jay Epstein AR ALERED A. KNOPE NEW YORK | 2017 | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_rt.zindd 3 @ 929N6 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_O

| Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_rt.zindd 8 @ 929N6 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019486 Contents Prologue Snowden’s Trail: Hong Kong, 2014 000 part onE SNOWDEN’S ARC CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 Tinker 15 Secret Agent 22 Contractor 28 Thief 3

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

entation of more sophisticated secu- rity procedures, such as the polygraph examination and extensive background checks. In 1995, eleven years before Snowden joined it, the CIA’s inspector general completed a study of the KGB’s use of false defectors to mislead the U.S. government from the end of the Cold

sses of a nation’s potential adversaries. The most impor- tant of these in peacetime is communication intercepts. It was just such state secrets that Edward Snowden took from the NSA in the spring of 2013. Before that breach, America’s paramount advantage in this subterranean competition was its undisputed domina

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

oward NSA surveillance. It there- fore seems entirely plausible that he found a co-worker willing to cooperate or, vice versa, a co-worker found him. Snowden might not have been aware of his new accomplice’s true motives or affili- ations, but without some co-worker’s providing him with entry to the sealed

ith author. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 308 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019796 Notes to pages 23-25 | 309 23 The only person: “Edward Snowden’s Friend Mavanee Anderson Exclusive Interview,” Last Word, MSNBC, June 12, 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v= beQUMdolBWE. 25 “was trying to break into”:

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

101 Even though Snowden had greatly exaggerated the positions he held with the CIA and DIA, no effort was made to check them by the team of journalists. Instead, MacAskill w

t does those sorts of things.” He had succeeded in defining himself for the public. The Guardian story accompanying the video carried the headline, “EDWARD SNOWDEN: THE WHISTLE BLOWER BEHIND THE NSA SURVEILLANCE REVELATIONS.” Snowden’s identity as a whistle-blower was now established in the media. Overnight, Sno

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