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<\/a><\/p>\nTo appreciate the significance of what I\u2019m about to share, you really need to go back and read yesterday\u2019s post:\u00a0The Jeffrey Epstein Rabbit Hole Goes a Lot Deeper Than You Think.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In that piece, I shared many lesser known, but extremely bizarre facts about Jeffrey Epstein and the people around him. I also noted that it appeared his real job was to run a blackmail operation to ensnare some of the most wealthy and powerful people on earth. I alluded to the possibility that he was collecting this priceless information on behalf of a third party, and then just today we learn the following\u00a0via the\u00a0Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cIs the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?\u201d Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he\u2019d had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He\u2019d cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein\u2019s attorneys because he had \u201cbeen told\u201d to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade.\u00a0\u201cI was told Epstein \u2018belonged to intelligence\u2019 and to leave it alone,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n For almost two decades, for some nebulous reason, whether to do with ties to foreign intelligence, his billions of dollars, or his social connections, Epstein, whose alleged sexual sickness and horrific assaults on women without means or ability to protect themselves is well-known in his circle, remained untouchable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It should be noted the reason I attach credibility to the above is based on who wrote it, Vicky Ward. She has an extensive history of digging into Epstein, and wrote one of the\u00a0earliest profiles<\/a>\u00a0on him back in 2003. As she notes in today\u2019s article:<\/p>\n I\u00a0spent many months on his trail in 2002 for Vanity Fair<\/a>\u00a0and discovered not only that he was not who he claimed to be professionally, but also that he had allegedly assaulted two young sisters, one of whom had been underage at the time. Very bravely, they were prepared to go on the record. They were afraid he\u2019d use all his influence to discredit them\u2014and their fear turned out to be legitimate.<\/em><\/p>\n As the article was being readied for publication, Epstein made a visit to the office of Vanity Fair\u2019s then-editor, Graydon Carter, and suddenly the women and their allegations were removed from the article.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s sensitive about the young women,\u201d Carter told me at the time. (Editor\u2019s Note: Carter has previously denied this allegation.) He also mentioned he\u2019d finagled a photograph of Epstein in a swimsuit out of the encounter. And there was also some feeble excuse about the article \u201cbeing stronger as a business story.\u201d (Epstein had also leaned heavily on my ex-husband\u2019s uncle,\u00a0Conrad Black<\/a>, to try to exert his influence on me, which was particularly unwelcome, given that Black happened to be my ex-husband\u2019s boss at the time.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Many people had assumed Epstein was untouchable merely because he had so much dirt on so many powerful people, but it increasingly looks far bigger than that.\u00a0It appears he may have been untouchable because he was systematically collecting this information on behalf of an intelligence agency.<\/strong>\u00a0If so, we need to find out precisely who he was working for.<\/p>\n This should be the number one story in the country right now. Blackmail at this level is a genuine national security issue.<\/p>\n