Edward Jay Epstein on How America Lost Its Secrets
Amidst\xa0the chaos surrounding Michael Flynn\u2019s departure as national security advisor and the slowly unspooling news story on the Trump team\u2019s reported contacts with the Russian government, it\u2019s worth taking a step back and remembering a previous political controversy involving the Kremlin: Edward Snowden\u2019s asylum in Moscow. In his recent book How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft, Epstein argues that Snowden was effectively acting as a Russian spy, though he believes it\u2019s not clear when and to what extent Snowden came under Russian influence. Benjamin Wittes sat down with Epstein at the Hoover Book Soiree to chat about the book and discuss its more controversial elements.
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