Epstein Secrets

y James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12, 2013. The Demo- cratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, who was on the committee, asked the spymaster if the NSA collected data on Americans. Clap- | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 129 @ 9/29/16 5

War. But the Snowden breach exposing military sources was an order of magnitude greater than any past breach. The CIA’s assessment was no less grim. Morell, the deputy director of the CIA in 2013, wrote that Snowden’s action went beyond taking the handful of documents, such as the FISA order, “that addre

A briefer that it was urgent for the CIA to be brought in on the case. After all, the CIA had employed Snowden only four years earlier. Specifically, Morell said, the CIA needed to find out three things: Had CIA docu- ments been part of Snowden’s haul? How long had Snowden been stealing documents? Had Sno

erations made by James D. Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12, 2013. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) of the Committee asked the spy master if the NSA collected data on Americans. Clapper answered that the NSA did not knowingly “collect any type of d

ity, wrote that Snowden’s action went beyond taking the handful of documents, such as the FISA order, “that addressed the privacy issue.” Instead, as Morell put it, “he backed up a virtual tractor trailer and emptied a warehouse full of documents—the vast majority of which he could not possibly have read

of which he would likely understand—T[and] and he delivered the documents to a variety of news organizations and God knows who else.” _—_As a result, Morell concluded “Snowden’s disclosures will go down in history as the greatest compromise of classified information ever.” General Keith Alexander, the he

ts." State Of Emergency Declared In Portland After Protests Turn Violent. The CBS Weekend NewsVI (7/5, story 5, 0:25, Garrett, 2.32M) reported, "In Oregon, Portland police declared last night's clash with demonstrators a riot, doing so for the second time in two days. Protestors launched fireworks and

oward Moscow have done little to quell concerns that Trump may be advancing Russian interests and is consistently shying away from rebuking Putin." Morell, Vickers Examine How "Normal" Administration Would Have Responded To Russian Bounty Intelligence. In a Washington Post (7/3, 14.2M) op-ed, former CI

n the midst of a large transformation in financial services due to digitization, moving to the cloud, remote workplaces." LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES Oregon Officials Must Set Up Recovery-Focused System After Drug Possession Decriminalized. The Wall Street Journal (11/24, Morrison, Subscription Publicat

st to confirm." Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) said, "No torture apologist can be confirmed as CIA director. ... It's a non-starter." The Daily Beast reports Morell's selection "would risk inflaming the Democratic Party's progressive wing." Morell "played a significant role in the hunt for Osama bin Laden - and