Epstein Secrets

en a massive breach. Thousands of secret files bearing on com- munications intelligence had been stolen from a heavily guarded regional base in Oahu, Hawaii. The suspect was Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old civil- ian analyst at that base, who had fled to Hong Kong before the breach was discovered.

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not believe an investigative book should be written without the author visiting the crime scene and other pertinent ven- ues, I undertook research in Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, and Moscow. Where possible, I flew the same flights that Snowden did. I am grate- ful to Ena and Ines Talakic for their assistance

epresented me for three decades, did a superb job in arranging for Alfred A. Knopf to publish this book. Tam thankful to Julia Ringo and the team at Knopf for their help in preparing this book. Finally, I am deeply indebted to Jonathan Segal for meticulously editing this book. The manuscript gained imme

working as an analyst-in-training for the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton at the regional base of the National Security Agency (NSA) in Oahu, Hawaii. On May 20, only some six weeks after his job there began, he failed to show up for work, emailing his supervisor that he was at the hospital being t

b description that fits Mr. Snowden. Mr. Epstein’s book, “How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft,” will be published by Knopf in January. Journal Video: Investigative Journalist Edward Jay Epstein on Snowden;s Legend HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019209 --- PAGE BREAK --- HOUSE_OVERSI