📧 Communication

This document is page 246 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein), stamped as evidence by the House Oversight Committee. The text details the aftermath of the Edward Snowden intelligence breach in 2013, describing it as a massive strategic setback for Western intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, GCHQ). It discusses the strategic implications of the leak regarding Russia and China, and describes the massive damage control efforts undertaken by U.S. and British intelligence officers in Washington, Fort Meade, and Cheltenham.