Epstein Secrets

gence by the NSA @ was hardly a secret. As the NSA expanded further, it delegated part of its work to regional bases, including ones in Utah, Texas, Hawaii, and Japan. The paramount task of the NSA remained monitoring the channels of communications that an adversary might use. The vast prolifera- tion of

th Snowden and Sarah Harrison, his WikiLeaks-supplied “ninja,” to accompany them to a waiting car that whisked them away. According to the account in Izvestia, “A special operation was conducted for his reception and evacuation.” It further said, “Snowden’s flight to Moscow was coordinated with the Russian

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

rdian, June 9, 2013. Gridasov, Andrei, Igor Yavlyansky, and Mary Gorkovskaya. “Secret Services in Moscow with WikiLeaks Conducted Operation Snowden.” Izvestia, June 23, 2013. Harris, Shane. “What Was Edward Snowden Doing in India?” Foreign Policy, Jan. 13, 2014. Hastings, Michael. “Julian Assange: The Rolli

workers, such as Ames, it is plausible that it spotted Snowden through his Internet rants against U.S. surveillance. Even if it had missed Snowden in Hawaii, a disgruntled ex-civilian employee at the NSA would have received its full attention after he contacted Russian officials in Hong Kong. While the ta

alk about Russia...”--“The NSA was actually...”--James Bamford and Tim De Chant, “Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, Nova, PBS. January 8, 2015 2. 8. “Izvestia, “a special operation...”— Andrei Gridasov, Igor Yavlyansky and Mary Gorkovskaya “Secret Services in Moscow with Wikileaks conducted Operation Snowde

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

eft—Mr. Snowden hoped to conceal this extraordinary waiver. The Russian government further revealed its helping hand, judging by a report in Russia’s Izvestia newspaper when, on arrival, Mr. Snowden was taken off the plane by a security team in a “special operation.” Nor was it any kind of accident. Vladim