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s Germany has paused its reopening because of growth in infections and is seeking to more universally test people coming from elsewhere. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have EFTA00136597 to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the

cellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have EFTA00136597 to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the German states to more vigorously combat the virus so as to prevent a lockdown. France Calls For Local Action To Reduce Infections As

sk. The AP <https://www.sfchronicle.corn/news/article/Judge-orders-ex-CIA-officer-detained-in-China-spy- 15520386.php> (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a `serious

s Germany has paused its reopening because of growth in infections and is seeking to more universally test people coming from elsewhere. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the German states

elsewhere. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the German states to more vigorously combat the virus so as to prevent a lockdown. France Calls For Local Action To Reduce Infections As

t makes public." Judge Orders Former CIA Officer Accused Of Spying For China Detained As Serious Flight Risk. The AP (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a 'serious

st the outlet and frozen its bank accounts until it pays roughly $67,000 of $2.4 million in estimated total fines for not complying with the law." Merkel Welcomes Biden's Nord Stream Sanctions Waiver. The AP (5/20) reports that on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel "said...that Germany will di

s for not complying with the law." Merkel Welcomes Biden's Nord Stream Sanctions Waiver. The AP (5/20) reports that on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel "said...that Germany will discuss 'necessary common ground' with the U.S. on relations with Russia after President Joe Biden opted not to punish th

, "The FBI field office in Hawaii has a new special agent in charge." On May 10, FBI Director Wray "announced Steven Merrill would take the helm in Honolulu where he will lead the agency's investigations into federal crimes." Merrill "began his career at the FBI as a forensic scientist in 1991 and later

The most sensational of them was a purported document attrib- uted to Snowden concerning the NSA hacking of the cell phone of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. The story was published on October 23 on the Der Spiegel website. Appelbaum was the co- author of the story. Even though Snowden had by now been in

istent with @ Kucherena’s assertion that he had access to the archive. @ Adding to the intrigue, Poitras was apparently caught by surprise when the Merkel story broke in Der Spiegel. She urgently texted Snowden on what she called “background” (which ordinarily means that a journalist will not attribute

their re- sponsibility. —EDWARD SNOWDEN, Moscow, 2013 Wi SNOWDEN in Hong Kong was attempting to reel in the journalists, Lindsay Mills returned to Honolulu from her “island-hopping” trip to find their house partially flooded and Snowden nowhere to be found. In a brief note Snowden left her, he said he wa

s Germany has paused its reopening because of growth in infections and is seeking to more universally test people coming from elsewhere. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the German states

elsewhere. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "A lot is open, a lot of things are still possible. But now we know where we have to focus our attention." Merkel is urging the German states to more vigorously combat the virus so as to prevent a lockdown. France Calls For Local Action To Reduce Infections As

t makes public." Judge Orders Former CIA Officer Accused Of Spying For China Detained As Serious Flight Risk. The AP (8/27, Kelleher) reports from Honolulu that a former CIA officer "and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a 'serious

s expose purported U.S. government actions in foreign lands, including the alleged tapping of friendly government officials’ con- versations, such as Angela Merkel’s, these are implicitly conflated with the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, around which a | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 303 @ 9/30/16 8:1

ficial who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 183 German federal prosecutor: Theodore Schleifer, “Germany Drops Probe into U.S. Spying on Merkel,” CNN Politics, June 13, 2015. 184 “Russian planners might have”: Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes, and Siobhan Gorman, “U.S. Scurries to Shore Up Spy

Chervonnaya in Russia for their help in arranging my interviews in those places. I also owe special thanks to Nick Grube, an editor at Civil Beat in Honolulu, for accompanying me to the NSA base where Snowden was working in 2013. I am indebted to Nancy Novick for her skill, patience and enter- prise in he

ovided it. The most sensational of them was a purported document attributed to Snowden concerning the NSA hacking the cell phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The story was published on October 23, 2013 on the Der Spiegel website. The co-author of the story was Jacob Appelbaum. Even though Snowden had by n

istent with Kucherena’s assertion that Snowden had access to the archive. Adding to the intrigue, Poitras was apparently caught by surprise when the Merkel story broke in Der Spiegel. She urgently texted Snowden on what she called “background” (which ordinarily means that a journalist will not attribute

ssia. He also said that he was “100 percent” certain that no foreign intelligence service had had access to them at any point during his journey from Honolulu to Moscow. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020291 140 When I later asked Kucherena in Moscow why Snowden changed his story in direct contradiction of what Kuchere

loyed. And German leaders are wrong if they think their country will remain unscathed as its major trading partners and neighbors unravel. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has been talking a more pro- European line. But she is still insisting on growth-killing austerity as the price for European bailouts and

as the price for European bailouts and still blocking the European Central Bank from printing more euros and acting as a lender of last resort. Mrs. Merkel's advisers insist that she is doing what the German people want. That is not leadership. She needs to challenge her voters' simplistic stereotypes of

ozy, "You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day." China: Obama has repeatedly criticized China -- most recently at the APEC summit in Honolulu -- for currency policies that he says have HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031957 --- PAGE BREAK --- 18 a distorting effect on the global economy. The president ha