Epstein Secrets

ongly with the Communist governments of Fidel and then Raul Castro in Cuba and the Socialist governments of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador, and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, his presidency was seen as a part of the socialist "pink tide" sweeping Latin America. Along with these government

ribbean, South and Central American. With everything else that happened last week, (the Pope retiring, the death of Hugo Chavez, the sequester and Rand Paul thirteen hour filibuster in the US Senate), you may have not noticed that voters in Switzerland this past week overwhelmingly approved a referendum

ussia and provided her with a multi-entry Russian visa. In June 2012, after the extradition order was upheld, Assange @ jumped bail and fled to the Ecuador embassy in London. For the next @ year, his only visible means of income was a weekly program from the embassy. It was sponsored in 2012 by RT televi

ting, “Thanks to one man’s courageous actions, Americans know about the truly egregious ways their government is spying on them,” and his son Senator Rand Paul, who was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, called for a pardon for Snowden. Senator Paul’s concern fitted with the gro

me ‘Verax.’” 104 “I can’t help him evade”: Gellman quoted in Burrough, Ellison, and Andrews, “Snowden Saga.” 105 asked Fidel Narvdez: Juan Forero, “Ecuador’s Strange Journey from Embracing Snowden to Turning Him Away,” Washington Post, July 2, 2013. 106 “My only comment”: Lam, “Post Reporter Lana Lam Te

13, 2014. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 316 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019804 Notes to pages 121-129 | 317 119 his son Senator Rand Paul: See Katie Glueck, “Rand Paul Backs Snowden, Bashes Clapper,” Politico, Jan. 5, 2014. 119 “We actually buy cell phones”: Snowden quoted in “New The

have been a more certain place to meet Greenwald. If some consideration by Snowden precluded Brazil as a destination, Snowden could have also gone to Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Iceland, or Venezuela, which are also countries that do not have active extradition treaties with the United States. Yet, instead of

red “Congressman Ron Paul organized...”—Rebecca Shabad, “Former Rep. Ron Paul launches petition for Snowden clemency,” The Hill, February 13, 2014. “Rand Paul” support, see Katie Gluck, “Rand Paul Backs Snowden,” Politico, January 5, 2014 “We actually buy cell phones...” Snowden quoted in “New Guardian Inte