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RockRaven

(14,977 posts)
1. Why is the conclusion to be drawn from that passport that he was a spy? Why not instead conclude
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:25 PM
Aug 2019

he was a rich pervert who sex trafficked minors?

Based upon other evidence already in the public domain we have reason to believe that he was a rich pervert who sex trafficked minors... what is the other evidence already in the public domain which gives us reason to believe he was a spy?

RockRaven

(14,977 posts)
5. Because that is where we are having this conversation. If you have special secret information that
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 12:22 AM
Aug 2019

the rest of us do not, by all means share it with us, and then your special secret information will also be in the public domain and inform our conversation.

But let us not be distracted... What information do you have to share which indicates Epstein is a spy?

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
4. Many countries will give you a passport..
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 12:16 AM
Aug 2019

If you make a significant investment in their country...does not mean you are spy

Kid Berwyn

(14,921 posts)
9. Epstein seems to have enjoyed protection from someone or something...
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 09:08 AM
Aug 2019

...otherwise, enraged parents and law enforcement would have ended his debauchery decades ago.

Alexander Acosta mentioned intel connections for going with the sweetheart plea deal in 2008. AG Wm. Barr’s firm defended Epstein in that plea deal. Bill Barr worked for CIA while going to law school. Barr’s father, Donald Barr, hired Epstein without a college degree to teach at the exclusive Dalton School. Donald Barr was in the OSS, Office of Strategic Services— precursor of CIA, during WW2. He later wrote a science fiction novel about interstellar sex trafficking (at least that’s fiction, thankfully). His son, William, would gain renown for defending the national security establishment as AG for GHW Bush.

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