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

microwave relays, cell phone towers, wireless transmissions and the Internet for intelligence purposes. In intelligence jargon, its product is called COMINT. This form of intelligence-gathering is particularly effective when the NSA’s targets are unaware of the state-of-the-art tools the NSA uses to break

From: Ed la To: "Epstein, Jeff' [email protected]> Subject: Was Snowden alone: a Timetable Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:06:08 +0000 Snowden' s Penetration Edward Snowden was well aware of the law in March 2013 regarding c

To: "Epstein, Jeff' [email protected]> Subject: Was Snowden alone: a Timetable Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:06:08 +0000 Snowden' s Penetration Edward Snowden was well aware of the law in March 2013 regarding communications intelligence when he sought a job with Booz-Allen Hamilton at a NSA facility in Haw

ncerning communication intelligence. He had indeed taken that position so he could arrange to have published classified communications intelligence (COMINT), as he told the South China Post in June 2013. The point of Snowden s penetration was to get classified data from the NSA. He subsequently stated

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| Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_rt.zindd 8 @ 929N6 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019486 Contents Prologue Snowden’s Trail: Hong Kong, 2014 000 part onE SNOWDEN’S ARC CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 Tinker 15 Secret Agent 22 Contractor 28 Thief 3

elays, cell phone towers, wireless transmissions, and the Internet for specified intelligence purposes. In intelligence jargon, its product is called COMINT, which stands for communications intelligence. Because this form of intelligence gath- ering is most effective when the NSA’s targets are unaware of