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oast a combined GDP of $32 trillion, versus the SCO nations' combined $10 trillion. So why did Erdogan announce that he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Turkey were allowed to join SCO "we will forget about the EU"? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped that bomb on Jan. 25. With Turk

urkish hopes for the EU membership diminishing, he declared the SCO to be a viable alternative to the European Union . "I said to Russian President Vladimir Putin,`You tease us, saying, `what [is Turkey] doing in the EU?' Now I tease you: Include us in the Shanghai Five and we will forget about the EU."'

unce that he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Turkey were allowed to join SCO "we will

deaths in Syria increased from 60,000 last month to a likely figure of 70,000 today. Benjamin Weinthal is a European affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He just returned from Sofia, Bulgaria. Article 3. EFTA_R1_02207727 EFTA02722650 Al

,” according to the State Depart- ment’s senior watch officer. 142 had met nearly every day: Miller, “U.S. Officials Scrambled to Nab Snowden.” 142 Putin admitted: Interview, Channel One, http://en-kremlin.ru/events/president /news/19143. 143 “Vladimir Putin had personally approved”: Jennifer Martine

er, “U.S. Officials Scrambled to Nab Snowden.” 142 Putin admitted: Interview, Channel One, http://en-kremlin.ru/events/president /news/19143. 143 “Vladimir Putin had personally approved”: Jennifer Martinez, “Report: Snow- den’s US Passport Revoked,” Hill, June 23, 2013. CHAPTER 15 Did Snowden Act Alone? 146

n-kremlin.ru/events/president /news/19143. 143 “Vladimir Putin had personally approved”: Jennifer Martinez

st’s Secrets, “ New York Times, Sept. 1, 2016. 181 Greenwald and Poitras: “Snowden Leak: Israeli Commandos Killed Syrian Gen- eral at Dinner Party,” Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015. 182 Specifically, it disclosed: Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, “Spies in the Sky,” Intercept, Jan. 28, 2016. | | Epst_978045149456

appreciated. Lugovoy was elected to the Duma in 2008, and also hosted a 24 part television series espionage for which he was personally decorated by Putin. He was also now reputed to be in the inner circle of power in Moscow. So I called him. We arranged to meet in the lobby bar of the National Hotel.

SA...”-- Bamford, Wired. op.cit 27 “Greenwald and Poitras also...”-- Staff, “Snowden leak: Israeli commandos killed Syrian general at dinner party.” Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2015/ Also, Author’s interview with Source B 28. “Putin publicly forbade him. ..”—Interview Channel One. http://en.kremlin.ru/events/presi