Epstein Secrets

bama did not want the head of the NSA resigning in the midst of the Snowden crisis, he asked him to stay on for another six months. He then appointed Rogers to be his replacement. Meanwhile, it had become undeni- ably clear to the review committee appointed by President Obama in 2013 that the NSA’s own de

a highly respected TV producer in Mos- cow, who I was told had helped “fix” the Bamford interview with Snowden. “There is only one door to Snowden,” Zamir wrote to me. “His name is Kucherena.” Zamir said Kucherena rarely saw journal- ists, but he had a contact in his office. He further told me Kucher- e

chael Rogers had to confront flagging morale that, according to former director Michael Hayden, was near-paralyzing the intelligence service. Admiral Rogers recognized that as a direct result of the Snowden breach “the nation has lost capabilities against adversaries right now who are attempting to active

cer in Moscow, who I was told had helped “fix” the Bamford interview with Snowden. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020344 193 “There is only one door to Snowden,” Zamir wrote me. “His name is Kucherena.” Since Zamir said Kucherena rarely saw journalists he that he had a contact in his office. He further told me Kuche

gton Post on June 6", the NSA “saw one after another target go dark,” according to a senior executive involved in that surveillance. In 2014, Admiral Rogers, the new NSA director, was even blunter. Asked whether or not the disclosures by Snowden had reduced the NSA’s ability to pursue terrorist, he answer

Moscow. On November 1*, I still had not been able to make contact with Anatoly Kucherena, and my flight back to New York was in five days. My fixer, Zamir, had been trying to arrange an appointment for three weeks but he had only received one call back from Kucherena’s assistant, Valentina Vladimirovna