Epstein Secrets

joined the ranks of the many contractors working @ in the intelligence community [IC] before CIA could inform the rest of the IC about its worries,” Michael Morell, then CIA deputy direc- tor, explained. “He even got a pay raise.” Obviously, this was a glitch in the security system. As a result of it, though, S

Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden’s arrival there. He proposed we meet at the Foreign Cor- @ respondents’ Club. @ Bradsher told me that he had known Albert Ho, who had been retained as Snowden’s lawyer, for more than a decade. He had inter- viewed him many times, because

h Snowden’s whereabouts during these “miss- ing” eleven days, which, among other things, could shed light on why he first came to Hong Kong, I called Keith Bradsher, a prizewin- ning journalist who had been the New York Times bureau chief in Hong Kong in 2013. He had written a well-researched report about Snowden

rk zone where there are just so many dan- gerous things going on.” The effects of Snowden’s intervention were soon realized by the CIA, according to Michael Morell, who had closely followed intel- ligence about terrorist groups in the Middle East ever since he had acted as the CIA’s briefer for the president on

er 2, “Ten Days in Hong Kong,” in Greenwald, No Place to Hide, 7-32. 7 Snowden also contacted: Gellman, “Code Name ‘Verax.’” 7 He proposed we meet: Bradsher, interview with author. Bradsher wrote a number of excellent articles about Snowden and Ho. See Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hon

He had visited Hong Kong: Lindsay Mills’s blog. According to Albert Ho: Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout.” Also, Keith Bradsher, interview with author. for the next ten days: Former DIA officer who requested anonymity, interview with author. “his first priority”: Greenwald,

(7/23, Chang, 4.64M) reports that "during a recent meeting with officers from the elite but troubled Metropolitan Division, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore offered support for their crime-fighting mission, but also a warning he'd previously shared with command staff." With "significant reductions in th

One U.S. consulate in China will be asked to close." A New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/asia/us-china-consulate.html> (7/23, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61 M) analysis says the Administration's "broad assault on China has left its leadership with few options that would not threaten a comp

defense or CIA director. Some names floated for those jobs include former Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and former deputy CIA Director Michael Morrell." Finally, Politico (11/23, Bender, Meyer, 4.29M) reports that some of the selections come from the firm WestExec Avisors, which was founded by Bli

-based firms." Chinese Government Promotes Country's Openness But Adopts Aggressive Policies Dictating Terms. The New York Times (11/23, Al, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping "is pursuing a strategy to make the country's economy more self-sufficient, while making other places

(7/23, Chang, 4.64M) reports that "during a recent meeting with officers from the elite but troubled Metropolitan Division, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore offered support for their crime-fighting mission, but also a warning he'd previously shared with command staff." With "significant reductions in th

hat I know, China will announce countermeasure on Friday Beijing time. One U.S. consulate in China will be asked to close." A New York Times (7/23, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) analysis says the Administration's "broad assault on China has left its leadership with few options that would not threaten a compl

(7/23, Chang, 4.64M) reports that "during a recent meeting with officers from the elite but troubled Metropolitan Division, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore offered support for their crime-fighting mission, but also a warning he'd previously shared with command staff." With "significant reductions in th

hat I know, China will announce countermeasure on Friday Beijing time. One U.S. consulate in China will be asked to close." A New York Times (7/23, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) analysis says the Administration's "broad assault on China has left its leadership with few options that would not threaten a compl

efense or CIA director. Some names floated for those jobs include former Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and former deputy CIA Director Michael Morrell." Finally, Politico <https://www.politico.cornMews/2020/11/23/westexec-advisors-biden-cabinet-440072> (11/23, Bender, Meyer, 4.29M) reports that so

olicies Dictating Terms. The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.corn/2020/11/23/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-globalization.html> (11/23, Al, Myers, Bradsher, 18.61 M) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping "is pursuing a strategy to make the country's economy more self-sufficient, while making other places

ow "Normal" Administration Would Have Responded To Russian Bounty Intelligence. In a Washington Post (7/3, 14.2M) op-ed, former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell and former Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Mike Vickers write, "When it comes to the issue of Russia and Afghanistan, here's what we can

cester, forced a localized lock down there." China Poised To Dominate Global Medical Supply Production Following Pandemic. The New York Times (7/5, Bradsher, 18.61M) reports that "countries around the world have set up their own factories to cope with this pandemic and outbreaks of the future" amid conce