Epstein Secrets

“It is not me that can’t keep a secret,” Abraham Lincoln joked. “It’s the people I | | Epst_9780451494566

on; Jacob Appelbaum, the Tor proselytizer; Ben Wizner, the ACLU lawyer; Barton Gellman; and Glenn Greenwald. “It is not me that can’t keep a secret,” Abraham Lincoln joked. “It’s the people I | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 231 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019719 232 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS

ing in Asia and | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 198 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019686 The Rise of the NSA | 199 Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reactivated the operation as the Signal Security Agency. It proved its value in breaking the Japanese machine-generated cipher “Purple.” In June 1942

“It is not me that can’t keep a secret, “Abraham Lincoln joked. “It’s the people I tell it that can’t.” In

on; Jacob Appelbaum, the TOR proselytizer; Ben Wizner, the ACLU lawyer; Barton Gellman; and Glenn Greenwald. “It is not me that can’t keep a secret, “Abraham Lincoln joked. “It’s the people I tell it that can’t.” In the same vein, Poitras could hardly rely on these five confidants not to tell her (and Snowden’s) t

amber saying famously “Gentlemen should not read each other's mail.” The moratorium did not last long. With war looming in Asia and Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reactivated the operation as the Signals Security Agency. It proved its value in breaking the Japanese machine-generated cipher “purple.” In June 194

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