Epstein Secrets

[DECEMBER DRAFT--- 287 pages] THE SNOWDEN AFFAIR A Spy Story in Six Parts By Edward Jay Epstein HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020153 Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Ch

[TK] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020156 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020157 Chronology 1: Snowden Thriller: From Honolulu to Moscow in 82 Days. April 8, 2013, Honolulu. Edward Snowden begins working as an infrastructure-analyst in training at the National Threat Operations Center for outside contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. June 5,

secution. To be sure, the view of those on the Snowden side of the divide is not grounded in legal definitions, but in a broader notion of morality. Snowden‘s supporters do not accept that the law should be applied in this fashion to Snowden. They argue that Snowden had a moral imperative to act, even if it

y that could damage Russian-US relations.” Putin’s disclosure came as no surprise to the NSA investigation since the Russian pro-government newspaper Kommersant had reported that Snowden visited the Russian consulate in Hong Kong. Putin’s authorization could certainly account for Aeroflot waiving its usual p

at risk." Snowden Faces Possible Sanctions in Suit Over Tell-All Book. Bloomberg (7/7, 4.73M) reports the US "said it will ask a judge to sanction Edward Snowden for failing to turn over evidence in the government's lawsuit over his tell-all memoir, 'Permanent Record,' which was found to illegally disclose c

information." US Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan on Monday "extended the government's deadline by two weeks, to July 27, to seek information from Snowden after the US complained of his 'blanket refusal to participate in discovery' related to the book as well as speeches he gave after he exposed US sec

ar. Mr. Safronov only started working at the space agency...in May. Before that, he worked for more than a decade as a well-regarded journalist for Kommersant and then Vedomosti, both privately owned business newspapers with no obvious access to state secrets." Report: More Than 180 Bodies Found In Burkin

101 Even though Snowden had greatly exaggerated the positions he held with the CIA and DIA, no effort was made to check them by the team of journalists. Instead, MacAskill w

t does those sorts of things.” He had succeeded in defining himself for the public. The Guardian story accompanying the video carried the headline, “EDWARD SNOWDEN: THE WHISTLE BLOWER BEHIND THE NSA SURVEILLANCE REVELATIONS.” Snowden’s identity as a whistle-blower was now established in the media. Overnight, Sno

to his interview with Lam. Of course, he may have had multiple contacts on different dates with these officials. The Russian pro-government newspaper Kommersant reported that Snowden had visited the Russian consulate on more than one occasion and had been given a birthday celebration there on June 21, 2013.