Episode · The Porch Era
Emergency Epstein Podcast w/ Whitney Webb
with Whitney Webb
Aug 10, 2019 · 39:35 · 111,000 views · 15 segments, 80 moments indexed
Journalist Whitney Webb of Mintpressnews talks about Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's suicide and her four part expose.
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Tim introduces journalist Whitney Webb from MintPress News, who has written a four-part series on Jeffrey Epstein, and asks her about inconsistencies in the official story of Epstein's supposed suicide at MDC.
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- Tim introduces Whitney Webb and Mint Press News's four-part series on Jeffrey Epstein.
- Tim questions the official suicide narrative, noting Epstein was supposedly on suicide watch in one of America's most heavily guarded facilities.
- Whitney is asked whether the consistency of the official Epstein story holds up to scrutiny.
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Whitney lays out the contradictory mainstream reports about the timeline of Epstein's death and raises concerns about Bill Barr overseeing the investigation given his history stonewalling the Church Committee and pardoning Iran-Contra figures.
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- Conflicting reports on Epstein's death: CNN reported he was taken to hospital between 3-4 AM for cardiac arrest, while New York Times said he hung himself on suicide watch around 7:30 AM.
- Epstein had claimed someone tried to murder him weeks before and expressed fear of being killed, adding another layer to the conflicting narratives.
- The FBI will investigate Epstein's death at a Justice Department facility, but Bill Barr as Attorney General will be influential in the outcome.
- Bill Barr started his career at the CIA's legal office and helped stonewall the Church Committee in the late 1970s when they investigated CIA covert operations.
- Barr also helped secure pardons for Iran-Contra criminals when he was Attorney General under George Bush Senior in the early 1990s.
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Whitney explains the history of intelligence-agency sexual blackmail operations, citing the CIA's Cold War-era 'love trap' apartments used to compromise foreign diplomats, and how such tactics are used globally.
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- Tim mentions Nick Bryant and his book The Franklin Scandal about sexual blackmail operations.
- Sexual blackmail operations by intelligence agencies are kept secret and information about them surfaces slowly if at all.
- Using underage children in sexual blackmail operations cannot be justified as being in the interest of national security.
- The CIA's 'love traps' were sexual blackmail operations that leaked during the Church Committee, involving bugged apartments and two-way mirrors.
- Intelligence agencies worldwide use sexual blackmail extensively, from South Korea to Israel's Mossad.
- Sexual blackmail is expensive but widely used to gain leverage over political players by compromising them.
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Whitney details the 'Mega Group,' a secretive network of wealthy donors reported by the Wall Street Journal, including Max Fisher, Sheldon Adelson, and Bernard Marcus, and their outsized influence on Republican politics.
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- The Mega Group is a powerful network of billionaires bankrolling charitable organizations and political candidates worldwide.
- Seagrams fortune rose to prominence through mob ties, supplying Canadian liquor to the west.
- Wall Street Journal reported on the group in May 2019, describing informal meetings with thirty-thousand-dollar membership dues.
- Max Fisher, an early member, created the Jewish coalition which became the Republican Jewish coalition, now one of the most powerful Republican lobby groups.
- Trump's two largest donors, Sheldon Adelson and Bernard Marcus, are involved in the group and sit on its board.
- Republican primary candidates like Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Trump competed for the group's endorsement worth millions of dollars.
- Epstein spent millions refurbishing properties, including adding a bathroom at no cost.
- Ronald Lauder, connected to Epstein directly, was supplied with a passport according to evidence presented in the piece.
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Whitney connects figures like Ronald Lauder and Michael Steinhardt to organized crime lineage within the Mega Group, and explains why the operation isn't purely a 'Mossad' plot but a nexus involving the CIA, citing CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton's role bridging the CIA, Mossad, and the mob.
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- Ronald Lauder's Manhattan townhouse raid revealed Mega Group members have direct ties to organized crime, using philanthropy as cover for mob connections.
- Michael Steinhardt's father was Meyer Lansky's fence and mob member, showing how organized crime runs through prominent philanthropists.
- Tim argues that a Mossad operation involving American citizens couldn't exist without CIA knowledge or blessing—it had to be coordinated.
- The real structure is a dark nexus between private sector oligarchs and government that transcends any single intelligence agency.
- Foreign oligarchs function as kingmakers in supposedly democratic governments; Israeli elections saw over 90% of one candidate's donations from abroad.
- Intelligence agencies historically carry out covert actions to benefit oligarchs—CIA overthrew Iran and Guatemala in the 1950s for oil and fruit companies.
- CIA and Mossad collaboration dates to James Angleton, the first CIA intelligence chief who forged close ties and was pro-Israel.
- Angleton simultaneously maintained the CIA's connection to organized crime and Meyer Lansky, creating a three-way relationship.
- This CIA-Mossad-mob nexus developed decades before Epstein, making him not a random billionaire but a product of an established network.
- Those with the most to lose if Epstein testified in court faced sleepless nights as his case developed.
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Whitney speculates on who benefited most from Epstein's death, naming Leslie Wexner's financial ties, Ehud Barak's political vulnerability in Israel, and figures like Alan Dershowitz, while downplaying Bill Clinton and Trump as primary suspects.
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- Leslie Wexner had the most to lose because Epstein's wealth came from him, and a 1996 incident at Wagner's mansion involved a sexually assaulted woman whose departure Wexner's security delayed.
- Ehud Barak faced savaging in Israeli elections over Epstein ties while running against Netanyahu, who was already dealing with corruption investigations.
- Tim discusses Bill and Hillary Clinton's ties to Epstein and the group he moved in.
- Victims accused Bill Clinton and Donald Trump of receiving massages from Epstein's girls, but Tim argues Alan Dershowitz had more to lose than either of them.
- Right-wing media coverage ended up clearing Trump and Dershowitz by strengthening their claims of non-involvement.
- Many powerful people were wrapped up in the case and didn't want more documents released or continued public attention.
- Ghislaine Maxwell remained well-connected to the Clintons, hasn't been charged with a crime, and had an interest in Epstein not being around to testify against her.
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Discussion of Ghislaine Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell as an alleged Mossad agent, her role as Epstein's alleged procurer, and whether she will ever be charged.
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- Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine's father, was a known Mossad agent and ran a small media empire.
- Tim argues that if Ghislaine Maxwell was intelligence working with intelligence, Epstein's handler would be Dershowitz, and usually handlers don't get charged.
- Even if Epstein was allowed to kill himself, that suggests a conspiracy because he should have been monitored.
- According to the Washington Post, Epstein had a previous suicide attempt where people tried to kill him.
- Tim jokes about whether someone left the cell door open or if Hillary Clinton dressed as a prison guard to string him up.
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Whitney draws parallels between Epstein's death and the suspicious deaths of Robert Maxwell, Senator John Tower, journalist Danny Casolaro, and Craig Spence, all tied to the PROMIS software scandal, suggesting a pattern of eliminating liabilities.
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- Tim describes Robert Maxwell becoming a liability due to financial problems and being killed as a result.
- Maxwell's death reported as suicide involved him walking off a boat naked, which mainstream press has found suspicious.
- The Inslaw software scandal of the 1980s connected Maxwell and others who later died under suspicious circumstances.
- Senator John Tower, involved in selling Inslaw software to Los Alamos, died in a sketchy plane crash months before Maxwell.
- Journalist Danny Casolaro, who was investigating Inslaw software, was found dead in a suspicious hotel room suicide.
- Tim argues that when government assets or agents become liabilities, agencies make them disappear.
- Conflicting stories from different sources about these deaths suggest they may not have been suicides.
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Whitney explains the origins of the PROMIS case-management software, how it was stolen by Inslaw and given a backdoor by Rafi Eitan's Israeli intelligence network in collusion with Reagan aides, and sold globally to spy on other governments.
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- PROMIS software was revolutionary case-handling software that functioned as personal tracking technology by allowing investigators to search a person's name across multiple databases simultaneously instead of searching each one individually.
- The DOJ leased PROMIS from Hamilton's company and used it to successfully increase conviction and prosecution rates for money laundering and organized crime.
- A close aide of Ronald Reagan and Iran envoy developed a friendship with Rafi Eitan, head of Israeli intelligence and handler of Mossad spy Jonathan Pollard.
- They colluded to install a backdoor into PROMIS software, which ended up being deployed by as many as 80 intelligence agencies around the world in its bugged version.
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Tim asks his final questions, including a joke about whether Epstein is really dead, and Whitney plugs her upcoming fourth Epstein installment and where to find her work before signing off.
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- Tim says part four of the Epstein series will cover more ground he hasn't discussed yet.
- Whitney should keep writing for Mint Press News because her articles are detailed and worth rereading.
- Tim wonders if the Epstein story will fade from the news cycle in a few days.
- Tim questions whether that photo actually looked like Jeffrey Epstein and speculates he might still be alive on his island.
- The FBI is handing out AR-15s to nerdy white kids so everyone changes the subject.
- Mainstream outlets will try to kill the story unless the public keeps pushing back on social media and pressuring journalists.
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Recapping the Case: Acosta, the Finders Cult, and CIA Cover Stories
#Alone again, Tim recaps the Whitney Webb interview, bringing up Alexander Acosta's sweetheart plea deal for Epstein and the 1987 Finders cult case where charges were dropped after it was called a 'CIA internal matter.'
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- Mint Press News has a four-part series on Epstein covering his business associates, state intelligence connections, and how sexual blackmail has been used since World War Two.
- Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor under Trump, gave Epstein a sweetheart deal after the Tallahassee Police found children connected to the Finders cult.
- When police arrested members of the Finders cult, the case was dismissed with a note that it became a CIA internal matter.
- Tim describes the refrain from people in power—"this person belongs to intelligence"—as a common way to dismiss cases involving connected figures.
- Despite being in one of the most tightly guarded prisons in the country and on suicide watch, Epstein died in his cell with no investigation.
- Nothing to see there—Tim's closing line on the entire Epstein situation.
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Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Proudly Today
#Tim declares today a holiday for conspiracy theorists, mocking mainstream liberals who spent two years pushing Russiagate now calling others conspiracy theorists over Epstein.
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- Tim says to wear your tinfoil hat proudly today, calling it a national holiday for conspiracy theorists.
- Mainstream liberals spent 24 months talking about Trump and Russia, yet call skeptics of other claims conspiracy theorists.
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Tim plugs his comedy tour dates and social media, mentions this is an emergency podcast before a Mulaney interview, and jokingly tells listeners to cancel plans with their kids to read Whitney's articles.
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- Tim Dillon promotes TimDillaComedy.com for live shows and his social media handles.
- This emergency podcast came together quickly, with Nick Mullen expected to appear in the next few days.
- Tim advises listeners to explore Whitney's information and spend the weekend however they want.
- Tim's weekend advice: cancel plans with your kids—they'll understand because you're busy.
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Apologizing for Audio Quality
#Tim jokes about the poor Skype audio quality from Whitney's international connection and tells listeners not to complain given the seriousness of the story.
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- Tim apologizes for audio quality, noting they're not allowed to do this on the set of Good Morning America.
- Tim describes Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua pouring hot sauce on an aborted fetus while Bill drinks a blood smoothie.
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Bill and Hillary in Chappaqua: The Closing Bit
#Tim closes with a graphic comedic riff imagining Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrating in Chappaqua over Epstein's death, arguing they're 'order takers' for billionaires who benefited from his silence, and tells fans to stop defending them.
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- Tim: Bill and Hillary in Chappaqua aren't upset about Jeffrey Epstein's death—no tears being shed.
- Defending Bill and Hillary amounts to defending people who are part of the problem, even if they didn't order the hit themselves.
- The Bushes and Clintons are servants and order-takers for billionaires, not the actual bosses.
- They're still part of nasty, violent power factions and crime families who benefited from Epstein's silence.
- Stop defending Hillary Clinton on Twitter just because she went on Ellen—grow up.
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