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

sked. He rolled his eyes and said, “Snowden has a pretty wild imagina- tion. For one thing, the U.S. consulate is not down the road from the Mira in Kowloon; it is here on Hong Kong Island. And there was no CIA rendition team in Hong Kong.” My next question concerned a second period during which | | Eps

lly given the “authority” at the NSA to intercept President Obama’s private communications, which, according to an

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019604 The Great Divide | 117 Barack Obama’s presidency, there were six government emp

rance, even to the extent of meretriciously claiming in the video that he had been personally given the “authority” at the NSA to intercept President Obama’s private communications, which, according to an NSA spokeswoman, was not true. No NSA employee, and certainly no civilian contract worker, was given

e almost always prosecuted. During | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 116 @ 9/29/16 5:51PM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019604 The Great Divide | 117 Barack Obama’s presidency, there were six government employees who, as a matter of personal conscience, shared classified informa- tion they obtained from the FBI,

ed, along with the Guardian reporter MacAskill, to the five-star Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, which, like the Mira hotel, was on Nathan Road in Kowloon. The Guardian paid the bill. Her next task was to set up what turned out to be Snowden’s final interview in Hong Kong. It was scheduled for June 12.

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

same day that Snowden had arrived there the previous year. I checked into the five-star Mira Hotel. It was in the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district of Kowloon, a 10-minute ferry ride away from Hong Kong island, where most of the foreign consulates are located. I chose the Mira because it was the hotel in w

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nt' honor recognizes mid-level State Department officials who use an internal process to flag problems they observe, which in his case was about how Obama had, in his view, muddied decision-making on Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... A rising star in the Foreign Service, Holmes had a string of sought-afte

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n 2014 for raising concerns about then-President Barack Obama's policy toward Afghanistan, where Holmes had serv

he intelligence agencies as having tried to undermine his campaign and has, without evidence, accused former senior intelligence officials from the Obama administration of illegally spying on him. Ratcliffe echoed those allegations Sunday on Fox News. 'What I do know as a former federal prosecutor i

ed by police in Hong Kong. From the Guardian: "Lam ... said about 600 protesters surrendered to authorities at the Polytechnic University campus in Kowloon overnight, after police allowed two representatives to mediate between the two sides. About 20 activists were evacuated to seek medical help. In he

enwald’s byline, it said: “Exclusive: Top Secret Court Order Requesting Verizon To Hand Over Call Data Shows The Scale of Domestic Surveillance Under Obama.” Along with it was the FISA warrant to Verizon. The PRISM story broke hours later in the Washington Post. Written by Gellman and Poitras, it claimed

nd the U.S. Since its President had just met with President Obama in California, China also had an interest in avoi

where she moved, along with Guardian reporter MacAskill, to the five-star Sheraton Hong Kong Tower, which, like the Mira hotel, was on Nathan Road in Kowloon. Her next task was to set up what was to be Snowden’s final interview in Hong Kong. It was scheduled for June 12th. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020254 103 The