Epstein Secrets

e of Snowden’s “carer” and Snowden’s whereabouts for those eleven crucial days. At this point, I got some much-needed help from an old friend on the Obama White House staff. Before I had left New York, I asked him if he could find someone at the consulate in Hong Kong who might brief me on the Snowden c

the president. “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. When Barack Obama became president in 2009, Greenwald also attacked him for breaking the law by “ordering illegal eavesdropping.” Because of his opposi- tion to Obama,

ity situation at the NSA in 2014 as a mem- ber of President Obama’s NSA Review Committee, found that the NSA in the

held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. When Barack Obama became president in 2009, Greenwald also at

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nd other Snowden supporters, described the NSA activities exposed by Snowden as part of a vast criminal conspiracy involving, among others, President Obama, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence and both Democrat and Republican members of the Congressional oversight committees. It further

e president. “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. | When Barack Obama became President in 2009, Greenwald also attacked him for breaking the law by “ordering illegal eavesdropping.” Because of his opposition to Presiden

vast criminal conspiracy involving, among others, President Obama, James Clapper, the Director of National Intellig

ld accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. | When Barack Obama became President in 2009, Greenwald also at

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ident; that the moon landing was faked; that Area 51 in New Mexico is home to extra-terrestrial technology under government auspices; that President Obama is "a communist Muslim from Kenya." Such theories are meant to show that suspicious minds leap to absurd conclusions. These are chosen because ther

strial technology under government auspices; that President Obama is "a communist Muslim from Kenya." Such theorie

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E_OVERSIGHT_019789 302 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS even though they had been isolated from any network. This innova- tion had provided President Obama and his national security team an edge of which our adversaries were unaware from 2008 to 2013. However, Snowden deliberately nullified this advantag

from any network. This innova- tion had provided President Obama and his national security team an edge of which o

uly 17, 2014, https://www.theguardian .com/world/2014/jul/18/-sp-edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-interview -transcript. 121 Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Edward Jay Epstein, “What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn,” New York Review of Books, Dec. 22, 2011. Vance made his state- ment on the Charlie Rose show, Feb. 19, 2016.

ident and the soon-to-be-old president at the White House, which took place just before they set off for the swearing-in ceremony, Trump believed the Obamas acted disdainfully—“very arrogant”’—toward him HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019916 and Melania. Instead of wearing a game face, going into the inaugural events,

es Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, and John Podesta; George W. Bush’s Andrew Card; and Barack Obama’s Rahm Emanuel and Bill Daley. Anyone studying the position would conclude that a stronger chief of staff is better than a weaker one, and a chief of s

ul thinking by Trump opponents. “The underlying premise of the case is that spies tell the truth,” said the veteran intelligence community journalist Edward Jay Epstein. “Who knew?” And, indeed, the worry in the White House was not about collusion—which seemed implausible if not farcical—but what, if the unraveling b

while still at Dell, it will be recalled, he had he had told Poitras he had a copy of Presidential Policy Directive 20, a document in which President Obama authorized the NSA to tap into fiber cables crossing the United States. Snowden described it to her as “a kind of martial law for cyber operations, c

lite unit of the U.S military but failed to get an honorable discharge, became hostile to policies of the U.S. government and defected to Russia. See Edward Jay Epstein, Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald, McGraw-Hill Book Company, (New York, 1978) pp.64-104 34. “He gave her his word.” Snowden emails to L

president enjoyed trash-talking McMaster together. McMaster was a protégé of David Petraeus, the former CENTCOM and Afghanistan commander who became Obama’s CIA director before resigning in a scandal involving a love affair and the mishandling of classified information. Petraeus and now McMaster represe

marter book, among them Mike Allen, Jonathan Swan, John Homans, Franklin Foer, Jack Shafer, Tammy Haddad, Leela de Kretser, Stevan Keane, Matt Stone, Edward Jay Epstein, Simon Dumenco, Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough, Piers Morgan, Juleanna Glover, Niki Christoff, Dylan Jones, Michael Ledeen, Mike Murphy, Tim Miller,

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gry," the father said. "It's not right that this wealthy man can fly into town and destroy my daugh- tert innocence." He did not take questions. Ej stein, 55, is a mysteri- ous?slew York money man- ager who owns a Manhattan mansion, as well as homes in Palm Beach, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands.

ein Sent: 8/18/2017 1:23:10 PM To: Jeff Epstein [[email protected]] Subject: FYI Importance: — High Hi Jeff I thought this might interest you Edward Jay Epstein The 2016 presidential campaign was marked by three disclosure operations, all of which appear to have had a single author. “Oppo research” is the eu

nders, which were posted on the DC Leaks website. President Obama identified the Kremlin as the author of this oper

ls from the DNC bearing on the unfair treatment by Democratic Party officials of Bernie Sanders, which were posted on the DC Leaks website. President Obama identified the Kremlin as the author of this operation, saying “These data theft and disclosure activities could only have been directed by the highe

o Russia whether Clinton or Trump won the election: his goal was to install doubt in the legitimacy of the process, regardless of how it turned out. Edward Jay Epstein’s most recent book is How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft, published by Alfred A. Knopf in January. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_02