Epstein Secrets

ir impor- tance) that had been provided to Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Even more s

n prepared in Moscow had been incorporated into reports (which had a distinctive blue stripe to signify their impor- tance) that had been provided to Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Even more shocking, in tracing the path of this disinformation, the inspector general found that the “senior CI

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 security company. In 2005, he became a business associate of Litvinenko’s in gathering informa- tion and made regular trips to L

or_review/black_chamber.shtml. “Its far-seeking eyes”: Kahn, Codebreakers, 358. The NSA also organized: Woodward, Veil, 471-75. In 1980, President Ronald Reagan: David R. Shedd, “How Obama Unilaterally Chilled Surveillance,” Wall Street Journal, Nov. 30, 2015. “We are approaching”: Turner, Secrecy and Democr

oodward, Veil, 471-75. In 1980, President Ronald Reagan: David R. Shedd, “How Obama Unilaterally Chilled

61 When I had been investigating: Edward Jay Epstein, The Annals of Unsolved Crime (Brooklyn: Melville House, 2013), 209-40. 262 “I don’t know him”: Lugovoy, interview with author. 264 It was rare: The vast majority of the fifteen American defectors to the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including Joel Bar

rk), 2005, pp. 471°-5 “In 1980, President Ronald Reagan...”—David R. Shedd, “How Obama Unilaterally Chill

penetrate cables...”—Bob Woodward, Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987, (Simon and Schuster, New York), 2005, pp. 471°-5 “In 1980, President Ronald Reagan...”—David R. Shedd, “How Obama Unilaterally Chilled Surveillance,” Wall Street Journal, November 30, 2015 “We are approaching a...”--Stansfield Turn

terviewed a number of people in Moscow, including Andrei Lugovoy. A former KGB officer assigned to protecting the Kremlin’s top members in the 1990s, Lugovoy later opened his own security company. In 2005, he became a business associate of Litvinenko’s in gathering information, and made regular trips to Lo