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There's some speculation that he maintained his operational security, such as it was, through the threat of exposure or blackmail. That is, he brought prominent

There's some speculation that he maintained his operational security, such as it was, through the threat of exposure or blackmail. That is, he brought prominent and powerful people into his fold, and then he had power over them. It's similar to how spy organizations intentionally place people in compromising situations, like hiring prostitutes for them, and record it on video.

detail-oriented 7y ago
Isn't video of putins predecessor with prostitutes part of his rise to power?
thrower123 7y ago
I cannot believe that he didn't have a deadman switch set up just in case something like this happened to him. Somewhere or wheres, there has to be a couple boxes of hard drives that could burn the world down if they ever came to light. Although I may be being optimistic; the Panama Papers never amounted to anything.
- AndrewBissell 7y ago
  After he was arrested the FBI raided his mansion and took into its possession a large cache of CDs labeled "young <girl's name> with <famous rich person's name>" which he kept in his safe. There were also hints that people visited his private island and his New Mexico ranch (which the FBI bizarrely still has not raided) before he was killed. So they may have confiscated the materials for any dead man's switch. Also, if Epstein was indeed an intelligence agency cutout then he was surely watched very closely at all times, so there might not have been an opening for him to set one up (or he might have been told in no uncertain terms what would happen if he tried). Or (most likely of all IMO) after the sweetheart 2008 deal he simply thought he was untouchable and above the law, so why would he need to take precautions against being assassinated?
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    Source?
    - AndrewBissell 7y ago
      https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/08/13/computer-removed-jeffrey-epsteins-island-fbi-raid-drone-footage-shows/ https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/08/13/computer-r... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-news-ranch-new-mexico-still-has-not-been-raided-by-federal-agents-2019-08-21/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-news-ranch-new-... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-called-sexual-predator-as-prosecutors-seek-no-bail.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-called-sexua...
- jonplackett 7y ago
  Yeah, like maybe he has a voice recording of the president saying he likes to grab women by the pussy without their consent...
  - code_duck 7y ago
    More likely a video tape of someone grabbing an underage girl somewhere like that without their consent.
    - jonplackett 7y ago
      My point is, the former already happened, and made zero difference.
      - CharlesColeman 7y ago
        > My point is, the former already happened, and made zero difference. To that particular person. Being personally shameless with corrupt friends does have a way of making one immune to many kinds of blackmail. That doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people who have more shame and better friends that can still be controlled via threats of blackmail.
- jacobush 7y ago
  Even the Regular Joes don't much fancy thinking about their mortality or to ponder they may be caught. The egotistical usually like it even less. To plan for a dead mans switch, means staring down the abyss that is your own mortality. I figure for many of these people it's very much out of their character to do so.

detail-oriented 7y ago

Isn't video of putins predecessor with prostitutes part of his rise to power?

thrower123 7y ago

I cannot believe that he didn't have a deadman switch set up just in case something like this happened to him. Somewhere or wheres, there has to be a couple boxes of hard drives that could burn the world down if they ever came to light. Although I may be being optimistic; the Panama Papers never amounted to anything.

AndrewBissell 7y ago
After he was arrested the FBI raided his mansion and took into its possession a large cache of CDs labeled "young <girl's name> with <famous rich person's name>" which he kept in his safe. There were also hints that people visited his private island and his New Mexico ranch (which the FBI bizarrely still has not raided) before he was killed. So they may have confiscated the materials for any dead man's switch. Also, if Epstein was indeed an intelligence agency cutout then he was surely watched very closely at all times, so there might not have been an opening for him to set one up (or he might have been told in no uncertain terms what would happen if he tried). Or (most likely of all IMO) after the sweetheart 2008 deal he simply thought he was untouchable and above the law, so why would he need to take precautions against being assassinated?
- deleted 7y ago
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- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Source?
  - AndrewBissell 7y ago
    https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/08/13/computer-removed-jeffrey-epsteins-island-fbi-raid-drone-footage-shows/ https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/08/13/computer-r... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-news-ranch-new-mexico-still-has-not-been-raided-by-federal-agents-2019-08-21/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-news-ranch-new-... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-called-sexual-predator-as-prosecutors-seek-no-bail.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-called-sexua...
jonplackett 7y ago
Yeah, like maybe he has a voice recording of the president saying he likes to grab women by the pussy without their consent...
- code_duck 7y ago
  More likely a video tape of someone grabbing an underage girl somewhere like that without their consent.
  - jonplackett 7y ago
    My point is, the former already happened, and made zero difference.
    - CharlesColeman 7y ago
      > My point is, the former already happened, and made zero difference. To that particular person. Being personally shameless with corrupt friends does have a way of making one immune to many kinds of blackmail. That doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people who have more shame and better friends that can still be controlled via threats of blackmail.
jacobush 7y ago
Even the Regular Joes don't much fancy thinking about their mortality or to ponder they may be caught. The egotistical usually like it even less. To plan for a dead mans switch, means staring down the abyss that is your own mortality. I figure for many of these people it's very much out of their character to do so.