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.

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 38 Crossing the Rubicon 44 Hacktivist 49 String Puller 59 Raider of the Inner Sanctum 73 Escape Artist 80 CHAPTER 10 Whistle-blower 88 CHAPTER 11 Enter Assange 98 CHAP

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

A executive who requested anonymity, interview with author. 43 subsequently joking to a reporter: Bamford, “Edward Snowden.” CHAPTER 5 Crossing the Rubicon “What I came to feel”: Snowden quoted in Rusbridger and MacAskill, “I, Spy.” “was moving copies of that data”: Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowd

e number of its most secret files had been stolen. The suspect was Edward Snowden, a 29 year old civilian analyst at the NSA’s regional base in Oahu, Hawaii, who had fled to Hong Kong. The stolen documents revealed, among other things, the secret tools and capabilities that the NSA employed to do its job.

The Intelligence Crisis The Great Divide The Crime Scene Investigation PART TWO Snowden’s Arc Tinker Secret Agent Contractor Thief Crossing the Rubicon Hacktavist String-Puller HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020154 Chapter Ten Raider of the Inner Sanctum Chapter Eleven Escape Artist Chapter Twelve Whistle Blower

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

or’s interview with source B 11.”’Subsequently joking to a reporter,” Bamford Wired. op.cit HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020392 241 CHAPTER SEVEN Crossing the Rubicon 1. “What I came to feel...” —Snowden quoted in “I, Spy: Edward Snowden in Exile,’Ewen MacAskill and Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian, July 18, 2014. ht