Epstein Secrets

_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 185 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019673 186 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS Russian troop movements in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials even went so far as to suggest, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, that “Russian plan

also finance and release Mediastan. This sponsorship suggests that the Russian government saw potential value in the document-gathering activities of WikiLeaks. Snowden telephoned Assange at his refuge at the Ecuador embassy on June 10, 2013. According to Assange, Snowden needed help for his exit plan. He w

| | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 98 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019586 CHAPTER 11 Enter Assange Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free. —JULIAN ASSANGE, Newsweek, 2015 ULIAN ASSANGE had made a brilliant career of trafficking in state, military, and corporate

er of the century. —VLADIMIR PUTIN I THE FIRST INVASION of a European country since the end of the Cold War, Russian military forces moved into the Crimea and other parts of eastern Ukraine in February and March 2014. Unlike with previous Russian troop movements, such as those into Poland, Hungary, Czec

to disembark from the plane, Russian plainclothes officers from the special services boarded the plane and asked both Snowden and Sarah Harrison, his WikiLeaks-supplied “ninja,” to accompany them to a waiting car that whisked them away. According to the account in Izvestia, “A special operation was conducted

ere in contact with high-profile activists who were part of the anti-surveillance movements. This would include core participants in the Tor Project, WikiLeaks, Noisebridge, CryptoParties, the Free- @ dom of the Press Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Founda- @ tion. (Snowden, for example, had been in

ll sample of similar claims or conjec- tures that have made their way into Russian news cov- erage, especially in the wake of Moscow's occupation of Crimea and invasion of eastem Ukraine. They stand as a reminder that under Vladimir Putin, the Russian media environment has been transformed from one ma

were responsible for hacking into the Dem- ocratic National Committee's computers, stealing millions of files, and turning the information over to WikiLeaks, which in turn circulated it to the media. Some may find the evidence unsatisfactory. But given Russia's well-established record of cyberwarfare,

ported disregard for Ukraine's future is a boon for the Kremlin's propaganda efforts in Russia's ongoing invasion in the east and its occupation of Crimea. -- It stands to reason that Sondland would know about Trump's interest in Biden. The rough transcript of the July 25 call shows Trump mentioning

attacks against Afghan and foreign installations in recent years." -- Swedish prosecutors announced that the alleged rape investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped. Karla Adam reports: "Eva-Marie Persson, the deputy director of public prosecution, said in a statement tha

ported disregard for Ukraine's future is a boon for the Kremlin's propaganda efforts in Russia's ongoing invasion in the east and its occupation of Crimea. — It stands to reason that Sondland would know about Trump's interest in Biden. The rough transcript of the July 25 call shows Trump mentioning hi

y attacks against Afghan and foreign installations in recent years." — Swedish prosecutors announced that the alleged rape investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped. Karla reports: "Eva- Marie Persson, the deputy director of public prosecution, said in a statement that 'my

r Snowden reached Moscow. For example, there were indications that the NSA had lost part of its capabilities to follow Russian troop movements in the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials even went so far as to suggest, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that “ Russian plan

it from Hong Kong. He placed a call to Julian Assange. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020256 105 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Enter Assange “Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free.” — Julian Assange Born on July 3, 1971 in Queensland, Australia, Julian Assange had made a brilliant career of trafficking i

all sample of similar claims or conjec- tures that have made their way into Russian news cov- erage, especially in the wake of Moscow's occupation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine. They stand as areminder that under Vladimir Putin, the Russian media environment has been transformed from one marke

es were responsible for hacking into the Dem- ocratic National Committee's computers, stealing millions of files, and turning the information over to WikiLeaks, which in turn circulated it to the media. Some may find the evidence unsatisfactory. But given Russia's well-established record of cyberwarfare, pre