Epstein Secrets

o magnify divisions between the two Presidents. "President Obama tucked away the Clinton doctrine in his large dr

the Alawites' affairs. But is it too late for settlements? The New Yorker Two Presidents find a mutual advantage Ryan Lizza September 10, 2012 -- Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have never been close. Some of their advisers concede that the two men don't really like each other. They have openly disagreed on

isagreed on policy issues and political strategy, and the acrimony generated during the 2008 Democratic primaries, when Hillary Clinton ran against Obama for the nomination, has yet to fully dissipate. Nevertheless, a carefully orchestrated reconciliation of sorts has been under way for some time now

health-care reform, which the Clintons failed to achieve, also resonates. "Health care means a lot to all three of those people—Hillary, Bill, and Barack," the official said. "I think historic achievements matter to historic figures like Bill Clinton." As a Democratic President facing a resurgent con

ome polonium in the past. Another question is: Why is all of this coming out now, eight years after Arafat's death and six years after the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB agent and Kremlin opponent, who became the first well- known victim of a polonium poisoning attack? The Search for the Truth Suha

ing down at home and rattling sabers abroad. As President Obama left on Sunday for an international summit meetin

e-election Test Peter Baker June 17, 2012 — For Barack Obama, a president who set out to restore good r

ticle 4. The Wall Street Journal Saudi Succession and the Illusion of Stability Karen Elliott House Article 5. NYT In a World of Complications, Obama Faces a Re-election Test Peter Baker Article 6. The Economist Russia and the West Article 7. Spiegel Wins Greek Election: Pro-Bailout Governm

Arabia," to be published in September by Knopf NYT In a World of Complications, Obama Faces a Re-election Test Peter Baker June 17, 2012 — For Barack Obama, a president who set out to restore good relations with the world in his first term, the world does not seem to be cooperating all that much with h

oss of the Yukos oil company, the killing of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer working for William Browder, a foreign investor, or the murder in London of Alexander Litvinenko, a former security official. In cases like these it is right to try to identify the individuals involved so as to deny them visas and freeze their

s sword. “Ulti- mately, I’m accountable.” Because President Obama did not want the head of the NSA resigning in the

nder tendered his resignation on June 30, 2013. “I’m the director,” he said, falling on his sword. “Ulti- mately, I’m accountable.” Because President Obama did not want the head of the NSA resigning in the midst of the Snowden crisis, he asked him to stay on for another six months. He then appointed Roge

f the former KGB officer | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 265 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019753 266 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS Alexander Litvinenko, I had interviewed Andrei Lugovoy. A former KGB officer assigned to protecting the Kremlin’s top members in the 1990s, Lugovoy later opened his own s

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

ss to either Kucherena or Snowden. But I had another contact in Moscow. When I had been investigating the 2006 Polonitum poisoning of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London, I had interviewed a number of people in Moscow, including Andrei Lugovoy. A former KGB officer assigned to protecting the Kremlin’s top me