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Recent reports in the
UK press alleging that Epstein was the mastermind behind a Russian honey-trap operation, rather than an Israeli one, have begun to emerge, leading to mixed public reactions. Certainly, the "blame Putin" tactic for more or less every failing of the government has become a popular resort for
British intelligence agencies - a common narrative fed to journalists that fits many situations and is generally low-hanging fruit at the best of times.
But this latest story, which seems to have been led by the Daily Mail, has broken new ground in its preposterous allegations, which appear to have been replicated by other newspapers.The epic long-form piece openly admits to the reader that the story is based on the wild imagination of the fake news department in the Ministry of Defence (the department that heavily censors all British journalists' copy before publication -
which I have written about before). Yet despite the entire tome being fanciful baloney, the "sources" - who are, of course, not identified - continue to elaborate on what they claim has long been the belief of US intelligence services, a belief allegedly untouched until now because of the former Prince Andrew, who disgraced himself even further in recent days when a vulgar photograph of him appeared on the ground with a young woman.
Really? The US has been on the Putin case for years, but it was just left by the Brits?
When you delve deeply, you realize this is an obvious lie, but one that serves an edifying purpose for the idea being served up as 'news.' The raw evidence that the journalists cite is really nothing more than a handful of very inconsequential titbits stitched together to look more substantial. Epstein contacted Putin's people in 2008 when he got out of jail; he also arranged for a Russian prostitute for Prince Andrew; he had a number of Russian girls working for him, one of whom gave Bill Gates a sexually transmitted disease. No, wait - there's more.
Comment: Nothing like a blackout to make one appreciate a candle. China may be just that.