Interview · moment 5 of 14
Ronald Lauder, Organized Crime Ties, and CIA-Mossad Overlap
from Emergency Epstein Podcast w/ Whitney Webb
6 min
Guest
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.
- 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.
Jeffrey EpsteinCIAMossadJames AngletonMichael SteinhardtMeyer Lansky