*Covert state involvement in child trafficking is one of those third rails.*
*MCM* https://consortiumnews.com/2020/06/17/epstein-case-documentaries-wont-touch-tales-of-intel-ties/ > Epstein Case: Documentaries Won’t Touch Tales of Intel Ties > June 17, 2020 > > *Two new documentaries on the Jeffery Epstein affair delve into lurid > details & give voice to his victims, but both scratch the surface of the > political & intelligence dimensions of the scandal, writes Elizabeth Vos. * > > > *By Elizabeth Vos <https://consortiumnews.com/tag/elizabeth-vos/> **Special > to Consortium News* > > *I*nvestigation Discovery <https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/> > premiered a three-hour special, “Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein?” on May 31, > the first segment in a three-part series, that focused on Epstein’s August > 2019 death in federal custody. The series addresses Epstein’s alleged > co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, his links with billionaire Leslie Wexner, > founder of the Victoria Secrets clothing line, and others, as well as the > non-prosecution deal he was given. > > The special followed on the heels of Netflix’s release of “Jeffrey > Epstein: Filthy Rich <https://www.netflix.com/title/80224905>,” a > mini-series that draws on a book of the same name by James Patterson. > > Promotional material for “Who Killed Jeffery Epstein?” promises that: “… > exclusive interviews and in-depth investigations reveal new clues about his > seedy underworld, privileged life and controversial death. The three-hour > special looks to answer the questions surrounding the death of this > enigmatic figure.” Netflix billed its series this way: “Stories from > survivors fuel this docuseries examining how convicted sex offender Jeffrey > Epstein used his wealth and power to carry out his abuses.” > > Neither documentary however deals at all with Epstein’s suspected ties to > the world of intelligence. > > Absent from both are Maxwell’s reported links to Israeli intelligence through > her father, Robert Maxwell > <http://archive.is/Kx3G0#selection-2323.0-2453.367>*,* former owner of *The > New York Daily* *News* and *The Mirror* newspaper in London. Maxwell > essentially received a state funeral in Israel and was buried on the Mount > of Olives after he mysteriously fell off his yacht in 1991 in the Atlantic > Ocean. > > Ari Ben-Menashe. (From his memoir, “Profits of War”) > > In an interview with *Consortium News*, former Israeli intelligence > officer Ari Ben-Menashe said Epstein did not work with Mossad. “Military > intelligence was who he was working with,” said Ben-Menashe. “Big > difference,” he said. “He never worked with Mossad, and Robert Maxwell > never did, either. It was military intelligence.” > > Ben-Menashe claimed Robert Maxwell was Epstein’s “tie over. Robert Maxwell > was the conduit. The financial conduit.” > > In “Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales > <https://www.amazon.com/Epstein-Dead-Men-Tell-Tales/dp/1510757929>,” a > book published in December, Ben-Menashe is quoted as saying he worked with > Robert Maxwell who introduced his daughter and Epstein to Israeli > intelligence, after which they engaged in a blackmail operation for Israel. > “[Epstein] was taking photos of politicians f**king fourteen-year-old girls > — if you want to get it straight. They [Epstein and Maxwell] would just > blackmail people, they would just blackmail people like that,” he says in > the book. > > Ben-Menashe also claims that Robert Maxwell had attempted to blackmail > Mossad. “He really lost his compass once he started playing these games > with people,” he told *Consortium News.* > > *Prince Andrew* > > Prince Andrew in a carriage procession, June 2012. (Carfax2, CC BY-SA > 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) > > About a week after both documentaries premiered, the U.S. Department of > Justice approached the U.K.’s Home Office requesting that Prince Andrew > answer questions in the U.K. over his links to Epstein, *The Mirror* > <http://archive.is/8C7JT#selection-891.0-891.171> reported. If he > refuses, the paper said, U.S. prosecutors would ask that he be brought to a > British court to respond to their questions. Andrew’s lawyers say he three > times agreed to be questioned by U.S. authorities, but it is not known if > Andrew attached conditions, such as immunity. > > Both documentaries mention Prince Andrew in the context of allegations > about him from one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre. But > neither film goes into much detail about Andrew’s role in the Epstein > operation, which Ben-Menashe said, was to lure powerful men into Epstein’s > orbit. > > “One of the things that are really key to this is that he [Epstein] > befriended a very useful idiot called Prince Andrew,” Ben-Menashe told > *CN*. “Now what really happened was that this Prince Andrew, with nothing > to do, was having fun with this, and Prince Andrew brings in the fancy > people, invites them to play golf with him, and then takes them out for > fun. Then Epstein shows up, and these people are basically blackmailed.” > > “The only person that can talk, that probably knows quite a bit, is the > great prince,” Ben-Menashe said. “He was with him [Epstein] all the time. I > really don’t know what his future is going to be like, either.” > > Since a number of influential figures were named in a lawsuit filed by > Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell the day before Epstein was found dead in > his federal prison cell in New York, Ben-Menashe said: “I’m starting to > think that lawsuit was his death sentence, because people didn’t want to be > named. That’s my guess, it’s just a guess. Obviously, somebody decided that > he had to go.” > > Epstein’s death was ruled > <https://www.npr.org/2019/08/16/751869191/jeffrey-epsteins-death-ruled-a-suicide-by-new-york-medical-examiner> > a “suicide” by New York’s chief medical examiner. A pathologist hired by > Epstein’s brother said > <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-homicide-autopsy-michael-baden.html> > it was homicide. > *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. 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