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by catsdanxe 2166 days ago
The lack of media coverage of the Epstein story is very telling. No reporters appear to be doing any real investigation. What is stopping people from asking basic questions to our government? A simple query to the cia asking if epstien/maxwell/wesner were part of any intelligence operations would be news worthy. Go watch the netflix documentary on epstien. It's four hours long. They discuss epstiens initial arrest and light sentencing, but they fail to include any notion of the reason for it. Acosta said that the light sentence was because Epstein was above his paygrade and belonged to intelligence. How about looking into why John McCain's wife said that everyone knew what Epstein was doing and turn a blind eye. Our intelligence agencies are out of control. The largest story of the decade is being pushed under the rug.
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You spent four hours of your life thinking about a rich guy that likes to have sex with young women and underage girls?

At most, he was working for intelligence agencies creating blackmail material. Not even the story of the year, let alone the decade. Even if he was actually murdered in prison by powerful people or an intelligence agency it wouldn't be very interesting. There's no broad trend. No betrayal of public trust. Just run of the mill spy stuff.

The strongest result of the Epstein incident is that it will serve as a strong warning to powerful men not to put themselves in a compromising position.

What are you talking about?