Epstein Secrets

sumption which, following the defection of Edward Snowden to Russia, is hard to make prudently—then the int

cations from Russia. If one assumes that the Russians do not know that the channel is being monitored—an assumption which, following the defection of Edward Snowden to Russia, is hard to make prudently—then the intelligence gleaned from that channel can reveal the Kremlin’s activities and motive. If, however, it

s provider of this part of the Steele dossier. The third disclosure operation involved stolen emails 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, sayin

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ence community’s unambiguous assessment of Edward Snowden as a betrayer of national secrets rather than a w

their horror of Donald Trump. Much of the left—which had resoundingly and scathingly rejected the intelligence community’s unambiguous assessment of Edward Snowden as a betrayer of national secrets rather than a well-intentioned whistle-blower—now suddenly embraced the intelligence community’s authority in its s

point. Fusion GPS, an opposition research company (founded by former journalists, it provided information to private clients), had been retained by Democratic Party interests. Fusion had hired Christopher Steele, a former British spy, in June 2016, to help investigate Trump’s repeated brags about his relationship

70 Slate, 98-99 Slovenia, 15 Smith, Justin, 78 Snowden, Edward, 42, 95 Soros, George, 178 Special Opera

ily Mail, 15, 308 Daley, Bill, 27 Davis, Lanny, 233, 238 Dean, John, 212-13 Defense Intelligence Agency, 101 Democratic National Committee (DNC), 101 Democratic Party, 37, 97, 212, 310 Deripaska, Oleg, 17, 101, 240 Devils Bargain, The (Green), 276, 289 DeVos, Betsy, 21, 129 DeYoung, Karen, 105-6 Dickerson, John, 20

tool of Russian intelligence after the hacking of Democratic Party leaders’ email in 2016) booked a dozen or more di

Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2016 The Fable of Edward Snowden As he seeks a pardon, the NSA thief has told multiple lies about what he stole and his dealings with Russian intelligence. EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN Of a

to engage in espionage, and was only a “whistleblower” seeking to expose the overreach of NSA’s information gathering. With the clock ticking on Mr. Snowden’s chance of a pardon, now is a good time to review what we have learned about his real mission. Mr. Snowden’s theft of America’s most closely guarde

’s escape from Hong Kong, WikiLeaks (an organization that the Obama administration asserted to be a tool of Russian intelligence after the hacking of Democratic Party leaders’ email in 2016) booked a dozen or more diversionary flight reservations to other destinations for Mr. Snowden. WikiLeaks co-founder Julian A