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- ↑ Harding, Luke (2014). The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. New York: Vintage Books. p. 129. ISBN 9780804173520. OCLC 870337274.
Then there was Robert S Litt -- known as Bob -- the general counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. A Harvard and Yale graduate, Litt knew how the FISA court worked from his six years in the mid and late 1990s at the Department of Justice.
- ↑ Lubasch, Arnold H. (4 September 1983). "4 of 6 Are Guilty in U.S. Brink's Case". The New York Times . p. A1. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
