226 END NOTES Prologue On The Trail of Snowden 1. “No Such Agency”’—The best description of the birth of the NSA can be found in James Bamford, The Puzzle Palace, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1982, pp. 1-4 2. “the NSA learned ...”—Author Interview with General Keith Alexander 3. “12 minute video ...”—This extraordinary video can be seen at http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden- interview-video / All of the dozens of video Snowden made after this initial one can be viewed in chronological order at: https://nsa.gov 1 .info/dni/snowden.html 4. “I had written several books ...” -- My first book, Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, (Viking Press, New York 1966) examined the failure of the FBI, Secret Service and CIA to establish the context of the John F. Kennedy Assassination. This interest continued on other of my books, including Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989), in which I investigated the vulnerability of intelligence services involved in espionage during the Cold War; Agency of Fear (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1977), in which I explored intelligence failures of domestic intelligence in the war on drugs; and James Jesus Angleton: Was He Right (Fast Track Press/EJE Publications, New York 2011). 5. “extraditing Trent Martin ...”.—The FBI press statement on this case was released March 27, 2013, less than two months before Snowden bought his ticket for Hong Kong. https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/australian-research-analyst-extradited- on-insider-trading-charges HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020378