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322 | Notes to pages 185-199 182 Putin had publicly enjoined him: Interview, Channel One, http://en-kremlin .ru/events/president/news/19143. Also, former Russian intelligence officer who requested anonymity, interview with author. 183 “If Snowden didn’t give”: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 183 German federal prosecutor: Theodore Schleifer, “Germany Drops Probe into U.S. Spying on Merkel,” CNN Politics, June 13, 2015. 184 “Russian planners might have”: Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes, and Siobhan Gorman, “U.S. Scurries to Shore Up Spying on Russia,” Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2014. 184 Britain also discovered: Tom Harper, Richard Kerbaj, and Tim Shipman, “British Spies Betrayed to Russians and Chinese,” Sunday Times (London), June 14, 2015. 184 “losing some of its capabilities”: Chris Strohm and Gopal Ratnam, “NSA Leader Seeks Openness on Secret Surveillance Orders,” Bloomberg News, June 13, 2013. Also, staff member of National Security Council who requested anonymity, interview with author. CHAPTER 18 The Unheeded Warning 185 “The NSA—the world’s”: Morell, Great War of Our Time, 287. 185 Alexander Poteyev: Sergei L. Loiko, “Former Russian Spymaster Convicted of Treason,” Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2011. 186 “live under cover in the West”: Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks: The Memoirs of © an Unwanted Witness (Boston: Little, Brown, 1994), xxii. ® 186 The CIA learned of this: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 187 “the business of intelligence”: Angleton, interview with author. 187 preparing these “Americans”: FBI, “Operation Ghost Stories: Inside the Rus- sian Spy Case,” Oct. 31, 2011, https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/october /russian_103111/russian_103111. 188 NSA at Fort Meade: Gertz, “Counterspies Hunt Russian Mole Inside National Security Agency.” Also, Bill Gertz, interview with author. 188 “They [were] looking for one”: John R. Schindler, “The Painful Truth About Snowden,” XX Committee, http://20committee.com/2015/07/19/the-painful -truth-about-snowden/. 188 “insider threats by trusted insiders”: Gellman and Miller, “Black Budget’ Sum- mary Details U.S. Spy Network’s Successes, Failures, and Objectives.” 189 The preemptive arrests: Gregory L. White, “Russia Convicts Former Spy Official for Exposing Agents in U.S. Ring,” Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2011. 189 turned up no evidence: Former NSA executive who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 190 “broke the record”: Tennent H. Bagley, Spymaster (New York: Skyhorse, 2015), 3. 190 Russia had dispatched: Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, 450-51. Also, Walter Pincus, “CIA Passed Bogus News to Presidents,” Washington Post, Oct. 31, 1995. 190 “There are no rivers”: Baker, “Michael Hayden Says U.S. Is Easy Prey for Hackers.” 191 “The best defense”: Former NSA official who requested anonymity, interview with author. | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r.indd 322 ® 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019810