Know Nothing
There are two iconic media moments that directly apply to the EPSTEIN FILES. The first: an early scene in the very first Star Wars movie, The New Hope. Luke Skywalker and droids R2D2 and C-3PO first meet Obi Won Kenobi, one of the last of the Jedi Knights. They are trying to get through to a ship, past the Imperial Storm Troopers sent to find the droids. As they pull up to the town of Mos Eisley, a squad of Troopers approach their vehicle. Obi Won then shows his mastery of “the force”. He puts in the Trooper’s mind the thought; “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for” and “You can go about your business, move along, move along”. It was our introduction to “Jedi Mind Tricks”.
The second moment is older, back to the days of 1960’s television and a show called Hogan’s Heroes. It was an improbable comedy about a German World War II prison camp, and the espionage ring run by the Allied soldiers imprisoned there. Each episode showed Hogan and his team out-witting Colonel Klink, the commander of the camp. However, there often was one German soldier who realized what was going on, Sergeant Schultz. But he wanted nothing to do with “blowing the whistle (literally)” on Hogan’s crew. So his answer always was: “I know nothing, nothing!!”.
It’s all about those in authority ignoring the plain facts in front of them. What was “miraculous” in Star Wars, and convenient in Hogan’s Heroes, is troubling today. And that’s what the Government expects us to believe about the EPSTEIN FILES.
Where We Stand
Currently there are six million pages of EPSTEIN FILES in the possession of the Department of Justice. There is a law, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring Justice to release all of the files. Of course, there are limited exceptions. The names, pictures, and identifying information of victims should be redacted. Since Epstein engaged in pedophilia, any photos or videos that would show such acts should be restricted. And finally, any release of information which might impinge on future criminal indictments should be controlled. Keep in mind, most of the heinous acts took place in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. While there is no federal statute of limitations on those types of crimes, it would be difficult to try those cases at this late date.
Yet of six million pages, only three million are released. Many of those are totally redacted, blacked out so that the public can’t know what’s on them. And it now seems that Justice redacted names, not of the victims, but of the participants in the acts. Many of the victims have had their full information released, including even driver’s licenses and social security numbers. But the names of many of those who joined Epstein “for the fun”, seem to be protected.
Jedi Mind Tricks
The Justice Department is engaging in their own attempt at “Jedi Mind Tricks”. They are saying that the three million is all there is to see. Nothing in the other half, the other three million pages of documents, is going to be released. Attorney General Bondi and her team are saying, “There’s nothing to see here, move along, move along”. They’ve given no specific reason for the “redaction” of half of the evidence, leaving Americans to reach their own conclusions.
Some, even some Congressmen, are going along with the Justice Department, taking Sergeant Schultz’s view, “I know nothing, nothing!”. But most of us aren’t falling for Pam Bondi’s attempt at mind tricks. And other Congressmen, just now able to see the unredacted portions of the first three million pages, are saying that there are well known names involved.
Who’s Implicated
So what’s going on? Why would the Department of Justice try to hide the names of those who “played” with Epstein, and reveal the names of the victims? The answer is in the names and stature of the “participants”. Here are some of the names already mentioned in connection with Epstein:
- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew of Great Britain
- Sarah Ferguson, Andrew’s wife and former Duchess of York
- Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and owner of Tesla, Space X
- Richard Branson, billionaire and founder of the Virgin Group
- Bill Clinton, former President of the United States
- Steven Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants football team
- Casey Wasserman – President of the Los Angeles Olympic committee
- Ehud Barak – former Israeli Prime Minister
- Larry Summers – former US Treasury Secretary, Harvard professor
- Howard Lutnick – current US Secretary of Commerce
- Sergey Brin – co-founder of Google
- Steve Bannon – former advisor to President Trump and political strategist
- Miroslav Lajcak – former national security advisor to Slovakia’s Prime Minister
- Bill Gates – founder of Microsoft, one of the world’s richest men
- Lord Mandleson – former treasury minister of the United Kingdom
- Brett Ratner – film director including the new Melania film about the First Lady
- Noam Chomsky – famed linguist
- Brad Karp – former chairman of prestigious law firm Paul Weiss
- Deepak Chopra – self-help author
- Woody Allen – actor
- Tom Barrack – Private equity investor and close friend of Donald Trump
- George Mitchell – former Democratic Majority Leader of the US Senate.
Wealth and Power
And then, there’s Donald Trump , the current President of the United States. In the three million documents currently released, Trump’s name is mentioned 38,000 times. To compare (as MSNOW commentators made note): in the entire seven-book series about Harry Potter, Harry is “only” mentioned 18,956 times.
While Epstein’s “heyday” was over twenty years ago, many of those connected with him still have enormous power. They are protected; from embarrassment, from disgrace, and perhaps from indictment. Even if folks like Donald Trump aren’t “guilty” of something, the current Justice Department actions are making them look guilty. But, Americans aren’t falling for “Jedi Mind Tricks”. And we aren’t closing our eyes and saying “We know nothing”, either.
The Epstein Transparency Act made it clear. Americans want to know; no matter how deep, no matter which political party, no matter the reputational costs. It’s only when we fully understand what was going on; in New York, Palm Beach, New Mexico, a Caribbean Island, and perhaps even just down the road from here in New Albany, Ohio; that we can determine what the consequences really should be. The only solution is for Justice to release all the files: the sooner, the better.
No more tricks.
